Thanks for the replies. We live near Chicago, so the climates do vary between winter and road construction

. Seriously, I don't see where the climate could effect factory parts, unless it's a defect in manufacturing. The replacement pass. side front is o.e.m., as are the others, that are now starting to distort, and as I said in o.p., the factory sparetire cover is bubbling also. Just really confused, she really likes the truck, but if it's going to melt on us, I don't know what to do.