It's a manufacturer's defect and Ford refuse to recall!!! Paint flaking around the rear wheel and rusted. The seal along trunk lining is rusted. Rust on the door in the inside panel.
"Paint below specifications, chemical engineer says
Chemical engineer Stephen Gaiski with the Zestar Corporation in Detroit used to do work for the auto manufacturer. He remembers visiting the Kansas City plant that builds the Escape a decade ago.
According to Gaiski, "Ford was using our technology for the metric, for the measurements on paint thickness, and we told the painting room manager and also the supplier — the paint supplier directly — that the Escapes were being painted below specifications."