I opened my boot this morning and the pin on the body of the car where the gas strut connects to broke free. Has this happened to anyone else? What do I do now?

is it under 5 years old ford cover a lot of paint and body problems for 5 years if it can be put down to structural fault they should fix it.

otherwise find a good panel beater

Mine started to rust after 6months on my AU that was brand new when I bought it but never broke like your which looks terrible!

If its not covered under warranty then maybe weld a nut onto the back of the panel so you can screw the ball pin into it?

Yowch looks nasty. I would say a tonne of water sitting in there reguarly. Looks nasty. Haven't seen that before. Good luck with that one!

Love your new car too . Should put some pics up for the lads!