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Rust on metal plates under driver/passenger seats

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m1sterd

Member Since: 28 Aug 2006
Location: Gatwick
Posts: 5

2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Auto Zermatt Silver

Rust on metal plates under driver/passenger seats

Hi All,
Looking to purchase a 2013 Discovery 3 HSE with low miles (36k), when looking under the car there is a fair amount of surface rust on many of the metal panels, I also noticed that on the silver metal panels under the driver/passenger seats there was a lot of surface rust. Is this normal on a 5 year old Discovery or should I avoid this car and look elsewhere?
The car looks to be in a really nice and well looked after condition outside of the above, in terms of the rust on the underside of the front seats I wondered if it was caused by people with wet shoes in the passenger seats or if there was a damp problem in the car from maybe a blocked sunroof drainage etc. is there any other tell tail thing to look for if it is a damp issue? after having all the dry weather recently the carpets are dry.
Thanks in advance

11th Sep 2018 11:55 pm

grzesiul

Member Since: 11 May 2008
Location: UK
Posts: 6403

2016 Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 SE Auto Loire Blue

D3 and 4s suffer from it regardless of miles covered
get nice direct on rust hammerite spray to get it sorted for long time
mine has been same in previous as well as in present bus
quatliy has not changed much

12th Sep 2018 6:25 am

m1sterd

Member Since: 28 Aug 2006
Location: Gatwick
Posts: 5

Thank you for confirming that, are under your front chairs the same as well (I assume you were referring to the surface rust underneath the car?)

12th Sep 2018 7:09 am

DSL
Keeper of the wheelie bin

Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73085

Rust on underside of the seats isn’t unusual, have it on my D4. Didn’t have it on my D3 as only the rear seats were sat in only a couple of times in the life of the car.

Sad I know.

Re rust underneath, don’t worry about it unless your OCD kicks in. Something big and expensive failing will kill the car well before the tin worm is finished.

Cynical, moi? Absatidellingtootlie.

12th Sep 2018 7:23 am

grzesiul

Member Since: 11 May 2008
Location: UK
Posts: 6403

D3/4 chassis would take loads of offroad abuse to get rotten well
normal surface rust on the chassis isnt a probelm
if it bugs you cosmetically you can spray paint it with black direct onto rust hammerite which will suffice or go via route of doing proper weatherproofing the vehicle with waxolyl or similar but would not stress
seat bases I noticed go rusty very quick

12th Sep 2018 8:55 am

m1sterd

Member Since: 28 Aug 2006
Location: Gatwick
Posts: 5

Thank you all, much appreciated.

12th Sep 2018 6:54 pm

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