Be sure too check with your local dealer. Understanding that that is the place you'll take it to get a warrenty check on rust anyway. If you get your rusti proofing done there the warrenty with that is thru GM as well. This way you don't get a finger pointing game going on between GM and " " rustproofing store.

 

I went to my dealer about this and he actually suggested two different outside contractor rust proof businesses. So with his blessing, I feel it would be OK.

Motoretro

 

Not enough clearcoat. My wife has an 07 Vibe and the car is great, other than the lack of clearcoat, you can actually feel how sparsely they applied it. Good thing it is a lease. I think with the auto sprayers and the lack of hand application on the curve of these doors at the bottom, the clearcoat doesn't coat as well as it could. That combined with how the angle traps moisture and salt etc, no wonder there are issues.

 

Getting it rustproofed today... and got my loaner car... how nice of them to give me the hhr...

 

As my dad stated earlier (Anokahhr), the door bottoms on my 07 were bubbling and starting to "bleed orange". The dealership was hesitant to repair the rust issues and told me that the corrosion coverage was for rust through. They denied fixing it at first and in fact told me that it was from the way the door bottoms were designed poorly for drainage. I had 56,000 miles on the car and it wasn't until the service manger came out and confirmed his unwillingness to fix the rust. I simply stated that I will park the car for 2 years, let it rust all the way through and they can replace all the doors then. My point was taken, and they "fixed" the rust issues. When I picked the car up, the body shop manager said that the fix is temporary, and being its rusting from the inside, it will happen again. He also stated that Chevrolet is aware of the issue but assumes the owner will have traded in the car for something new within 3-5 years; before the rust issue occurs....makes me sick!

 

That's why I sprayed rust proofing myself in all of the holes in the bottom of the doors and let it drain down, so it covers all of the inside bottoms of the doors. Hopefully it'll stop any that's there, and keep more from forming. Plus being orange, hopefully you won't notice the rust once it comes all the way through!

 

Rust proofing has 2 sides

1) it protects
2) if rain or water finds any opening in the rustproofing, it will be trapped & begin rusting thru..


I love the South !!!

 

Amen brother sleeper, lets hear it for the land that rust forgot, unless you live on the coast. It always makes me shudder to see cars and trucks out in the outer banks that are 18 months old and already showing signs of the dreaded "tin worm". The worst ones are still the Honda's and Toyota's, one day you've got a car, the next day you've got a steering wheel and a couple of seats in the sand.

 

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You got it !!! My Uncle had a primo Ford P/up, Undercoated. & seems the undercoating cracked about 1/2 way up front fender. Rust-thru..
But he also lived up in the Nasty North. LOL

 

The sure things in life are Taxes, Death and Rust.

The best you can really do on todays cars are shoot them with oil if you can find someone to do it. The other is just drive it.

Most cars will show rust in 5-10 years no matter what you do. The only real way to prevent rust is to never get the car wet.

I have had a Somoma and S10 that went 10 years of daily driving with out much rust. I keep a car clean and wash the often. I have seen many other rust much sooner.

The fact is those of us who drive our HHR will use them up in about 10 years. They will keep running but they will need more care and repair. Now if you put it up for storage and keep the miles and weather off they will last longer.

Cars are not something that will last forever. At some point rust and wear will need repairs.

If you look at the rockers and door bottoms on many cars from most MFG you will find rust started. At times you will have to look under a car or under a rocker cover.

Today many of the Fiero owners who think their plastic cars will last forever are now finding the steel sub frame is rusted away. There are many Fiero's with good looking bodies and interirors but the frame is only held together with the fiberglass panels.
Kind of like a human with a lot of broken bones.

Drive them try to keep up with anything you find and you will get a good solid 10 years of daily driving out of them. We all just need to accept the fact they will not last for ever if you drive them.