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Originally Posted by T77911S
just bought an 03 Dakota truck with 110k on it.
you open the hood and every bolt, bracket, valve cover, even metal hoses are rusting.
there is a bad quarter size rust spot on the hood, some rust on the inside bottom of the drivers door. looking down at the suspension it looks pretty rusty.
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Sounds like an ocean surge (flood car-brine water) or salty ocean air car to me.
If it were just the body I'd look into percent of foreign steel used on the car. Many countries have a higher percent of recycled steel in their final product than American made steel, so it is said to rust out quicker. I heard this like 40 years ago, so maybe things are different now.