Clearly not. I had a block of wood holding the seat in place on my 96 integra because the floor boards rotted out due to water leakage from the sunroof.
major damage incurredI don't see any eaten metal or cracking. As others have said, this is all normal looking surface rust. The car is fine. Your brother in law has nothing to worry about.cristianosham wrote: ↑ Brother in law bought the Honda new and after driving through 2 winters the underneath is destroyed by rust. He didn't fall for the stealership 2K undercoating package but now he regrets it. Can his Honda be saved from rust cancer or should he just prolong the inevitable?
Exactly... surface rust isn't a problem, but having that much within 2 years is bad. This isn't a 2000's Mazda...motomondo wrote: ↑ Mostly "surface rust" like other people said.
However, the OP has a point. Some of this rust shouldn't be there at all.
For example, look at those bolts:
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Honda knew those bolts are going to be exposed, yet they don't have any weather-resistant finish... those bolts are so rusted now, that they are damaging the finish in the other metal part.
Or the spare wheel. My 2009 Highlander had a exposed spare wheel just like that, after 2 years it didn't look like that. I believe the first generation Highlander, and the new ones, have a plastic cover protecting the spare wheel.
Or look at the wheel calipers. Truly some of the most horrible rust, if this happened after only 2 years.
The point is also the MSRP. Considering the money they are asking for cars nowadays, I would hope they put some engineering into them...
