The car has never been in any type of accident at all and has zero dents or scratches. I'm in PA so yes, I'm in the snow/salt beltway. But I also wash and wax my 4Runner throughout the winter and it's kept in a garage. The way the door seem has split open makes me think it's a defect in when the door was assembled or how else would have water gotten in and rotted it? There is no rust anywhere at all on the vehicle except the one door and it's not even the bottom of the door, it's along the side where it meets the front fender. If you saw this 4Runner in person, you would swear I just drove it off the showroom floor, never abused.