Severe rust !

[RJ100]

I have a 1999 Silverado new body style with a severely rusted out frame. It is non driveable. Just wondering if this is a common problem or just my bad luck. Oh, by the way it is a 1500 extended cab 4x4 8' bed with 105,000 miles. It has no off road abuse,and was purchased new by me.

[mrjones0]

i would guess part of the problem would be in location being in the salty west virginia

[lax54650]

seen many of these with rusty box sides cab corners. did not know frames too... sad too new to be rusty

[truckdude239]

never seen one with a rusted out frame before

[grayharville]

I wanna see pics of the damage!

[RJ100]

Originally Posted by grayharville

I wanna see pics of the damage!

I'll try to send some pictures in a couple of days. It's really bad, rusted on both sides.

[grayharville]

thats crazy, it must be the harsh winters up there

[70BLAZERX2]

Man i thought only 80's and some 90's toyoda's rusted in 2...Man I would make gm give you a new one..Mabye just find that big pot hole in the road somewhwere and get a claim.when it breaks in 2..

Well i guy came to my house from chicago last year..in a 2007 chevy 1/2 and it was a white truck,he lost the tailgate on the way here..it rusted and fell off..and it an 2007...Man they are cheaping out..remember the 1st years for 73...recycled metal was to blame for those..and bad paint..

[70BLAZERX2]

dude...google "99 silverado frame rust" and look at the complaints on there...man...

[jb1016]

^ I did, and man...there are even people talking about rusty frames on 2010 trucks! What the heck?!

[70BLAZERX2]

the 94 is the newest that i ever own...pre airbag..and they have there shape of small dumb problems anyway...after reading this..I will never ever own a 95 up truck...

[chevysbest92]

my dads 08 2500hd (12k miles) has some pretty bad frame rust, my 06 (125k miles) is better off than his, mine is just surface rust, his is starting to chip already

[70BLAZERX2]

2003 up are the new "hydra formed" frame rails...are they using water under high pressure to form them or are they using acid? I worked at Exide batteries for 1 year and stuff there would rot..even stailless steel..in a few weeks...Had to fix stuff everyday..This should get everyone together that has one and get a recall for bad frames..

How many rusted brake lines caused wreckes so far? brake lines should be all stailless due to the rust and high pressures of ABS today..They are cheaping out,make the most money for the least cost..

An example..2010 suburban is $70,000 ..in 1989 i had a new s10 it was 6,300 on the lot..

[palposity]

It is strange that you are having that issue. I have a 2001, and I live in Very Salty Central NY. I definitely have rust starting on the truck, but the frame is solid.

Sorry to hear this.

[Ghastlyone]

*loves living in the desert*

[fxdxharley]

my 2000 has all the typical rust, rockers cab corners, bed etc but the frame is solid. it just has surface rust and all the coating peeling off. Im in seacoast NH and mine came from northen NH in the snow belt where they use lots of salt. my dads 99 on the other hand has had all brake lines replaced but the frame and body are still decent. both are 4wd and driven yr round.

[pamoffa]

Parking over dirt all the time will cause un wanted rust, not all of us have a paved drive way.

[Slammed67]

It's pretty sad that after almost 100 years of building trucks, Chevy/GMC still can't build one that doesn't rust in the "typical places". My 2000 GMC is developing rust above the rear wheels. Pisses me off every time I look at it. My brother recently bought a 2003-ish GMC with the quadra-steer. It has plastic bed sides. I kinda laughed a first when he told me that, but now I'm kind of jealous. Plastic won't rust.

[67ChevyRedneck]

Slammed67, Treat it with rust killer, paint some rust paint over it and install the black plastic flares. The flares also help keep the salt from "sand blasting" the paint off of the edges of the fender.

My Z71 came from Indianapolis. It spent it's first 5 years of life up there. It has some light flaking in places, but nothing major. Body is still rust free on the outside and underneath, but I did have to treat my door bottoms on the inside. I wish it was an SC truck, but I got such a steal on it I couldn't pass is up. I got it for 15,900 in early 2005, which at the time was about 3-4K below similar SC trucks I found in my area.

[Slammed67]

Originally Posted by 67ChevyRedneck

Slammed67, Treat it with rust killer, paint some rust paint over it and install the black plastic flares. The flares also help keep the salt from "sand blasting" the paint off of the edges of the fender.

Thanks for the advice, but don't think the flares would look good on my truck...

[67ChevyRedneck]

I gotcha. There are the small chrome ones that go around the wheel wells, those might look better.

[jakeblues652]

at my local junk yard, theres a truck, a 99, old body that had a plow in it. it rusted so bad that the plow frame literally broke the truck frame one day while driving.