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Originally posted by KKL
I concur. There are major geographic/climate differences in how bad your bolt holes can be. Years ago, I drove a rusted '72 Toyota Celica from Minneapolis to the Bay Area to attend graduate school. The rusting essentially stopped once the car got to California. If your Pilot spent its entire life in Southern Cal, you probably don't have much to worry about. For us folks in the Northeast and the Midwest, we have to be careful. I know the originator of this thread is in the Boston area, hence the caution.
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Yes here in So Cal rust isn't really a problem unless you live on the beach. I've taken the Pilot to the mtns a few times so its been in the snow but I dont think they use salt just pea gravel. It doesn't even see much rain. In the NE and MW climates look out for major rust. In fact the Tacoma's similiar to mine have a buy back program for severe frame rust. It's so bad the frames were rusting through in some cases, but mine has only minor surface rust. So basically as long as you don't see rust I think some WD40 and a bolt should be ok. Just dont apply much force and if that doesn't work do as the others have said and get a tap.