Oh boy. Its been a minute since this was an everyday discussion on the Forum.
Im not sure what you mean by vendor. If you mean dealer, no, there was never a fix or one that was promised. Most people purchased one of the two aftermarket fixes and called it day. Midway through the '25 production the holes disappeared and no explanation was ever given from Ford.
Id honestly forgotten all about it until you posted this. If you want more info, just do a search on the forums. There were TONS of threads on it.
I was wondering when I put my steeda jacking rails on why there was so much rock and leaves etc tucked up in the rocker panel area. Well something else to put on the list to purchase and install.