Weld on bumper shows. Might be rusting now

[battering ram]

I noticed it a year ago. I figure its not supposed to show. But im not super anal and who will even notice. But now it might be starting to rust. So now I care! 2025 w 20,000 miles. Bought it just over a year ago. This is how ford makes $99,000 vehicles

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[BlueWaffle]

Bentleys average around $300k and 97% of them need warrantee repair done in the first year of ownership.

You ain't doin so bad, considering.

 

[HalfmuleFarmer]

Bust out $8.99 for a can of Rust-o-leum — mask off that skid plate!

 

[BlueWaffle]

Bust out $8.99 for a can of Rust-o-leum — mask off that skid plate!

Rust-Oleum ain't filling in that hot mess, id be making a trip to the dealer if I was OP.

 

[Neps]

Definitely a bad weld.

 

[Bronco21Maybe]

Okay, I'll be the broken record. That's a bad weld. Defective, incompetent weld. In fact, my son welds better than that and he's only welded twice.

 

[battering ram]

Ok I’ll take it to the dealer

 

[battering ram]

Better question is why is it there?

it’s not on the other side

 

[Neps]

There is no simple answer to your question, as there are many reasons why porosity can show up in welds. You could spend weeks, months, years learning to identify causes, but for most of us the following applies.

What are the Common Causes for Porosity in Welding?
The most common causes of welding porosity are:

1. Wrong filler wires or stick welding rods with insufficient deoxidizer elements (Manganese & silicon).
2. Base metal with high impurities (e.g. high sulfur) or high amount of low melting elements such as lead.
3. Contaminated weld surface such as oil, greasy, painted, or coated weld surface.
4. The high amount of moisture in welding flux or electrode coating.
5. Contaminated shielding or purging gases as well as inadequate supply of shielding gases during welding.
6. A too high arc length results in an inadequate gas shielding blanket on the weld pool.
7. High welding speed can disturb the gas shielding blanket.
8. Welding outside in high windy conditions.
9. Quick freezing of the weld deposit.
10. Excessive welding speed because of Which the gas envelope around the weld pool becomes ineffective.
11. Welding over tack welds made With lightly coated electrodes.
12. High welding currents; because high welding current will burn up the deoxidizing elements in stick welding rod & there are not enough deoxidizers lefts to combine with the weld metal before it starts to cool thus causing the porosity.

 

[HighVelocity]

It's not a $99k vehicle.

It's a $30k vehicle with $15k in options marked up to $99k.

Feel better?

 

[23OBX2.7]

Okay, I'll be the broken record. That's a bad weld. Defective, incompetent weld. In fact, my son welds better than that and he's only welded twice.

LOL

 

[23OBX2.7]

I noticed it a year ago. I figure its not supposed to show. But im not super anal and who will even notice. But now it might be starting to rust. So now I care! 2025 w 20,000 miles. Bought it just over a year ago. This is how ford makes $99,000 vehicles

Warranty. Not only cosmetic it's a bad weld on collision protection assembly they need to give you a new bumper an NHTSA report would also be appropriate.

 

[contented]

I noticed it a year ago. I figure its not supposed to show. But im not super anal and who will even notice. But now it might be starting to rust. So now I care! 2025 w 20,000 miles. Bought it just over a year ago. This is how ford makes $99,000 vehicles

Is it a bad weld? Of course it is. Should that bumper have made it onto a vehicle? Of course not. Is it irritating? Absolutely. IMHO, the only proper fix is a new bumper. If you have a long term relationship with your dealer, they may replace it without a struggle. Otherwise, on the grand scale of things, it’s very small defect. If you wheel much at all, scrapes and scratches are just part of it. Me, I’d save the fight with your dealer over something much more important.

 

[Bronco21Maybe]

A grinder and paint makes you the welder you ain't!

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