Paint peeling on my ford f-150

Certain years of GM vehicles had peeling paint. The paint had a hard time sticking after exposure to sun

call and ask gm but I would say no- sounds like contaminated primer - if you have time, you can strip and do yourself- brake fluid will easily strip paint- rent booth and shoot it- keep smiling- its only cosmetic

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No they never did, unfortunately many manufactures have had paint problems in the past. The only remedy is a new paint job.

If it's just surface rust with no holes use a grinder and clean the spot to bare shiny metal. Use some spot putty and completely cover the metal. Then sand it down smooth and put some primer on it. When you sand it down pay close attention to your edges. Sand them into the paint so that you can't feel the difference between the patch and the old paint. After the primer dries use a spray can and paint the spot because primer will absorb water and you will have to do the repair again.
If the spots have small holes in them you should get a can of body fill called "Tiger Hair". It has fiberglass in the compound and will easily fix small holes. Use this before the spot putty and sand it smooth. Then cover that with a thin layer of spot putty to fill any imperfections, primer and paint.
If you have holes bigger than 1/2 inch then you should be able to get small wire mesh patchs at your local auto parts store. These will stick to the bare metal after grinding and you can put your tiger hair over that. This will be a bigger patch. It will need to be about 3 times bigger than the hole you are filling to be relatively unnoticable.
This won't give you a show car but it should keep inspectors off your back. Hope this helps.

Ford will not assist on a 1998 vehicle because of the age.
You can primer and spot paint but it would probably do better if you sanded it down first.

I have actually fixed these trucks under warranty. The EPA is the root cause of this, and lack of testing the newer system, this problem is pretty much of the past as the newer vehicle have a better system on them to complie with EPA regs.

clean the plastic bit to be treated with thinners and you may then need to use a bumper primer so the paint keys correctly.

you may take it to a spray painting place and have them fic it they might also give you a option of paint protection also dont pick at it or any thing can get a lot worse.