rusty rear bumper

my 08 tacoma dc trd off road 4x4 chrome rear bumper has rust spots all around the licence plate area are there any recalls or any one else having this problem should i ask the dealer to replace it with a silver streak mica color or would it rust also

 

are you sure its not the plate or screws washing rust on to the bumper?any pics

 

no its all around the lights also was shock when i seen it tried ti wipe it off but it was flaky in places this truck was manufacture 3-2008 so its first winter i guess the salt has caused it

 

it is under warranty. tell the dealer you want a painted bumper. it should be alot cheaper than the chrome one anyway.

 

i have same problem on my 09. i have only had it for a four months and i have rust all over the rear bumper. tried to take it to dealer to get fixed but they said they wouldnt replace it.

 

Same here, they told me the rust color was the de-ice that is applied to the roads when it sits there. They said that with enough rubbing it will come off (man that sound dirty) and it did work last year. However this year it is back and I think it may be rust. When I asked if they would replace it under a rust protection he said to bring it in and they would look at it.

 

Chrome polish will rub it right off if it's just surface rust. A good wax might help keep it from rusting so easily in the future. My old nerf bars were bad about this too.

 

no probs with mine thank god!

 

had the same problem, I used the chrome polish and it came off no prob.

 

I noticed this on my 08 recently too. I know chrome polish will take it off but it will come back. I mean, come on, most chrome bumpers don't do this. What is the consensus, will the dealers do anything about it?

 

Mine's got a little bit of rust on it too. I noticed one of the screws was rusty as shit and thought the rust on the bumper came from that since the rusty area on the bumper is right under where the rusty screw was, replaced the screw with a black one to match the license frame but man did that piss me off when i first saw it.