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Honda Civic Rust

7 messages,  Last post on Jul 05, 2011 at 9:53 PM

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#6 of 7 2003 Civic by crv16

Apr 21, 2010 (6:53 am)

I have a 2003 Honda Civic, purchased new 9/2003. Currently have 166k miles on it. Just noticed that the bottom edge of the drivers door is all rusty on the inside, just under the rubber seal.
 
I'm disappointed as this is the first "problem" my Civic has ever had.

#7 of 7 Re: Weather strip channel rust at window (Honda Civic) [autowrite] by linea1983

Jul 05, 2011 (9:53 pm)

Replying to: autowrite (Jul 09, 2007 11:30 am)
No they would not have replaced the door.
 
I have a 2007 Honda Civic, My fiance spotted the rust just below the gasket on my passenger side door, he than lifted it up to reveal massive rust damage underneath the gasket its self. It appeared as if the car was rusting from the day I got it. The rust was bad enough that the metal was starting to flake away from the door, there were craters as well. They agreed to a repair of the door, which the dealership told me was "a courtesy" even though it was well under the 5yr mark. Once I got the door back they put the old gasket back on it. The Gasket was COVERED in contact rust from the rust that was there before. There were also many places that I could still see rust there were a few bubbles and quite a few spots where I could still see the rust color! I took it back to the dealership and they tried to tell me the spots were a tape line. I may be a girl but I know the difference between a line and a bubble! But I did get them to agree to replace the gasket. That same day I got home and my window would not go up. So I had a mechanic look at it and he started to take the door apart and immediately put it right back together and told me to go back to the dealership because who ever fixed the rust left ALL the sand in the door from the sand blasting and it fried the motor! I watched as the dealership took it apart and the sand basically poured out of the door, they fixed the window with out question. After this I knew I would need ammunition to fight this further,because the rust was starting to bubble through and the place they supposedly "repaired" was rusting AGAIN after only 3 weeks from the initial repair! I took it to 2 body shops to get them to agree the door was rusting again. another Honda Dealership and they agreed it was a bad repair and gave me the name of the DPSM and when he would be at the first dealership. The DPSM looked at all the pictures and listened to my story and agreed to another repair but still would not replace the door. So far its ok but there are still a few spots I will be watching till the day that the rust warranty is over!

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