Posted: Sep 19 2006 at 11:26pm | IP Logged

I have a 2006 Frontier crewcab. I tend to drive a bit on gravel roads for fishing and quading. Upon coming back from Idaho I began to notice little dents protruding outwords on the rear fenders. It seems small rocks are flying up between the double wall of the fenders and as the truck is driven they slide down the narrowing space and dents appear from the inside out. The side with the gas filler is the worst as there is quite a space around it for the rocks to fly into. They also get into the fender on the passanger side but not as bad as the holes arn't as big. I took it to the dealer and they said they don't make any sort of guard that I could buy to keep the rocks out. I currently have the the spaces stuffed with pink insulation! I checked a couple extended cabs and the fenders are all sealed. Not sure why Nissan would not have built a more sealed fender on the crew.

Has anyone else seen or heard of this?

Posted: Sep 26 2006 at 8:21pm | IP Logged

i have the same problem i drive down a pea gravel road everyday for work and they hit where the bed starts there is a peice of 3m scotchguard there down below but it dont do sh*t being downthier so i had the 3m scotchguard put on that whole area and it works great .

Posted: Sep 26 2006 at 9:54pm | IP Logged

I took it to the dealer the other day. The service manager seemed to want to help and said he would call Nissan to see if they would step up to the plate.

Well, they didn't. The sevice manager said he didn't agree with Nissan but what can you do. He also said he would take me to the body shop that does all their work and get me a price to fix the dents at their cost, so maybe I'll save a little.

The service manager seemed to care and i don't balme the dealer. I guess if this happens to enough trucks they might make the necessary modifications to their design.

I'm pretty happy with the truck but this leaves a bad taste in my mouth.