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My suspicion is that the dents happened before the body went into paint and final assembly (i.e., installation of the weather seals). Likely the doors were mounted in hte factory body shop and were swinging freely and caused the dents. Assuming the door is aligned now and all the weatherstrips are in its proper place you shouldnt experience any more damage. If you see the paint getting nicked, then there is interference between the screws and the body and that needs to be corrected. Judging by the pictures, it's an ugly mark on a Class B surface that probably isnt worth fixing...just keep an eye out for further damage. [I used to work in a Ford assembly plant in the body shop many moons ago...]. If this truck was built in Kansas City in Sept, then that plant was just coming on-line with production and this type of damage has probably been corrected in future builds.
My suspicion is that the dents happened before the body went into paint and final assembly (i.e., installation of the weather seals). Likely the doors were mounted in hte factory body shop and were swinging freely and caused the dents. Assuming the door is aligned now and all the weatherstrips are in its proper place you shouldnt experience any more damage. If you see the paint getting nicked, then there is interference between the screws and the body and that needs to be corrected. Judging by the pictures, it's an ugly mark on a Class B surface that probably isnt worth fixing...just keep an eye out for further damage. [I used to work in a Ford assembly plant in the body shop many moons ago...]. If this truck was built in Kansas City in Sept, then that plant was just coming on-line with production and this type of damage has probably been corrected in future builds.
I thought that too, but I also thought I remember seeing a factory tour video where the doors where assembled and painted in a separate area and met up with the truck at the end.
But, that could also have been remembering another vehicle/video.
In most cases the doors and all the sheetmetal are mounted to the body and painted in one-go so that everything is color matched...however, in my experience the doors are usually secured to the body with some type of removable jig that's taken off after paint and before final assembly to prevent the damage that you are seeing. Just my guess, but I think Kansas City just didnt have the assembly process down pat yet and the early trucks out of that plant encountered some manufacturing issues that probably got corrected in later builds.
If this truck was built in Kansas City in Sept, then that plant was just coming on-line with production and this type of damage has probably been corrected in future builds.
KC had to be building trucks long before September. I bought mine in June and it came from KC.
KC had to be building trucks long before September. I bought mine in June and it came from KC.
My bad, you're right. Looks like KC started building in March '15...I thought I read somewhere that it came on-line later...regardless, my original thoughts still apply...damage done before paint so no real issue other than cosmetic. OP can ask to get it repaired, but that's personal preference, putting aside whether or not Ford would pay for it.
We have a 15 lariat screw built in Dearborn Mich, same thing with our truck [ rear drivers side ]. Also takes a lot of force to close it properly. Took it in to dealership couple days ago, they checked it out and said nothing was wrong !!!
Just checked my truck... One dent on drivers side rear door. Manufactured in Dearborn in late Oct or early Nov. Same condition... Paint is intact, just a small dent.
This is a perfect example of people only finding problems due to this forum. I'm not even going to look because I wouldn't otherwise notice. Don't want it to ruin my new truck feeling.
12-22-2015, 05:40 PM
