The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has received thousands of complaints from owners of Chevrolet and GMC trucks citing brake failures due to corroded brake lines. The majority of the complaints came from northern states where the truck brake lines are exposed to saltwater every winter. The model years of the affected trucks ranged from 2000 to 2009. General Motors did not issue a recall because rust is already a known cause of equipment failures, and they attributed the cause to “liquid salt” that is used for deicing purposes in snowbelt states. They do, however, offer a “deeply discounted” fix for the problem: a brake line replacement kit that is designed to resist rust because the new brake lines are coated in nylon. The catch: even at the deeply discounted price, GM’s fix still costs $500. And that’s just for brake lines, and just for General Motors trucks. If you drive a Toyota or a Mazda, or the salt eats through a different part of the vehicle, then repairs could cost you a lot more. Fortunately, there is a better way. It’s called NH Oil Undercoating , and it has been proven to dramatically reduce corrosion-related repair costs and prolong the life of the vehicle. And it protects against all types of corrosion caused by exposure to deicing materials, not just rust. Even though generations of conventional wisdom has taught us that icy roads require salt, salt promotes rust and rust destroys steel, the reality is not as simple as that. Today’s road ice is treated with a number of chemicals, from unrefined table salt to beet juice to magnesium chloride. And every chemical compound in the mix affects your vehicle differently. Aluminum and even plastic parts are susceptible to corrosion, too, which puts GM’s nylon-coated brake lines into perspective. While technically they cannot rust, they can still degrade in the presence of deicing mixes. What NHOU does is treat all the surfaces of a vehicle’s undercarriage – brake lines and all – so that they shed foreign substances and resist decay. A good, professional RS3000 application costs less than GM’s “deeply discounted” solution. And yes, it will help protect thos nylon brake line coatings from the chemical breakdown typically caused by exposing plastics to magnesium chloride. In New Hampshire, RS3000 is available from The Rust Stop Pro, which provides professional rustproofing services in Concord and Deering, as well as with a mobile service that goes to the customers’ locations.
NHOU-the official oil-based rust proofing system