Rusts formation inside our 6th month old Honda City

**im.ben** · March 30th, 2018 01:59 AM

Hi! I just want to get some advice regarding the rusts I discovered a while ago on our car (Honda City 2018) which was bought brand new last September 2017. Majority of it are located in the reinforcement beam support, instrument panel dash area, passenger side. Hindi ako alam kung normal lang ba to considering na 6 months old pa lang. No repair history on that area at hindi pa din siya nabasa ng kahit anong liquid. Also, sa other side which is on the driver's, napansin ko na may kapirasong kalawang na din.

I already informed my SE about this and told me that he will relay this to the dealership on monday.

Thanks in advance!

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**falken** · March 30th, 2018 11:13 AM

No, it shouldn't have rust. Buti nakita mo agad.

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**babkalakal** · March 30th, 2018 11:15 AM

Good thing you discovered and reported it right away. I pretty sure that is not normal to have rust in those places especially that the body is painted and rustproofed from the assembly line.

**jick.cejoco** · March 30th, 2018 11:23 AM

The pictures are typical of any car be it North American, South American, asian, European.
The dash cross beam are usually unpainted since under normal conditions don't get wet. What is included in the EDP (electrolytic deposit painting) are the door shells, the body superstructures, the trunk and the hood. Bolted on components that are not exposed to the elements of nature are usually left bare metal.

**travajante** · March 30th, 2018 11:38 AM

Originally Posted by jick.cejoco

The pictures are typical of any car be it North American, South American, asian, European.
The dash cross beam are usually unpainted since under normal conditions don't get wet. What is included in the EDP (electrolytic deposit painting) are the door shells, the body superstructures, the trunk and the hood. Bolted on components that are not exposed to the elements of nature are usually left bare metal.

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**dr. d** · March 30th, 2018 11:43 AM

not even a year old?
that's bad.
obviously, someone from manufacturing, made a wrong assumption.

**babkalakal** · March 30th, 2018 11:49 AM

Originally Posted by jick.cejoco

The pictures are typical of any car be it North American, South American, asian, European.
The dash cross beam are usually unpainted since under normal conditions don't get wet. What is included in the EDP (electrolytic deposit painting) are the door shells, the body superstructures, the trunk and the hood. Bolted on components that are not exposed to the elements of nature are usually left bare metal.

Thanks! Good info. Learned something new today.

**oj88** · March 30th, 2018 12:03 PM

This is pretty much typical. I also found the same under the dash of my Civic FD. If you can have the dealer put some coating, that's going to be a good thing. Or you can just leave it as it is. It's just superficial surface rust and since it's not getting constantly wet, it won't be any more worse when you sell the car 5-10 years from now.

**RiMsHoT** · March 30th, 2018 01:52 PM

If libre reremedyuhan ng casa, paayos nyo na po sana. Otherwise pwede nyo sya i-soak or pahiran ng WD40 or similar product. Di bale nang ma-attract konting alikabok basta may peace of mind lang po

**sean-archer** · March 30th, 2018 01:57 PM

I'm no car tech guy but seeing something like this on a half year old unit will not settle me. Rust wherever it may be for me is never good.

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