Man every place I look on my Envoy is nothing but rust. It drives me crazy. Here's a look at the liftgate striker. Is this normal? Does anyone else have rust like this?
Umm... most of us in The North wouldn't even consider that striker 'bad', IMHO. There are many who've lost their frames to corrosion (see: Sparky, as just one example). But, yeah, the entire tailgate area tends to suffer. Many have issues with the liftgates rusting in the bottom corners - mine was starting to exhibit it from the inner side (normally covered / obscured by the plastic trim). There's a seam right in that area that joins the inner / outer skins together.
Thankfully, I had my trim removed, and discovered it early enough to put some rust converter on it. But that won't last forever. I've also got some 'bubbles' lifting under the paint on the outer skin, in that same corner. They haven't broken, yet, but when they do, it's gonna look ugly. They'll be the first really visible signs of rust on my body ('03; I try to keep up with the touchup paint, etc., at least 1x a year, just before winter). Having running boards helps, too (I have the LWB).
