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Rear wheel trailing arm corroded, not fixable

7.4K views 29 replies 17 participants last post by  jperry  
Sure can be towed, they can get it on a flat bed. Honda is not going to do anything for you anyways, wasting your time and energy.
Time for a new vehicle.
 
It's all vehicles here in the rust belt. Actually here in NJ, we are not as bad other states.
This year so far, I have sent 3 gm pick ups to scrap. 2014 and 2015's had rotted frames and the fuel tank/shock brace falling off.
These are $60,000 vehicles!
 
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It's astounding how poorly a lot of "new" vehicles are manufactured!!
A lot of the rust problem is due to the brine crap they now use. Seems it's much more caustic than plain old salt. Plus, they no longer use sand or cinders from coal fired plants.
I don't understand why folks that live here in the rust belt, don't bother with rust preventative coatings.
 
My Dad's early 2000's Toyota Tacoma suffered from the frame rust problem. The frame broke and rear spring shackle went through! There was no recall for his model year, Toyota wouldn't help. After dad passed, I ended up selling the truck for parts with 75,000 on it. Salt or not, there's no good reason to use crappy steel like that. I've had rusty cars, but never had the frame fail!
We just sent a 2014 and (2) 2015 gmc pickups to scrap for rotted frames. Fuel tank mount and spare tire mounts rotted to nothing.
I've been in the auto biz 45 years, never seen rust this bad ever.
 
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