It's this on your truck? Any luck getting it fixed?

[kirkster89]

I noticed this panel gap upon purchase of the truck, yeah it's small and not a critical issue but for a $60k truck you'd expect better...
I brought it up to the dealership and they took it to the body shop and they tried to push it back into the clip. That lasted about 15 minutes before popping back out. They had determined that a clip needs to be replaced. That was on August 22nd/25. As of December 29th I've heard pretty much nothing aside from my salesman finally telling me it's on backorder during my last service visit.
Are these clips really that hard to get ahold of? Or did he just forget to order it, sale is over and he's trying to pull a fast one on me?

I believe it must be a fairly common issue as there was a desert sand truck with the gap in the same spot. They had a white and carbonized grey on the lot as well and no issue. So it seems to be hit and miss

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[Glisch]

I have this on the passenger side of mine, driver side looks good.

 

[kirkster89]

I have this on the passenger side of mine, driver side looks good.

Did you bother getting it fixed?

 

[Glisch]

Did you bother getting it fixed?

Nah. I noticed it a couple of days after picking it up. Never pursued anything about it. Was thinking I’d see if I could adjust it, but hadn’t looked into how. Sounds like I wouldn’t be able to fix it anyway though :/

 

[superj]

I saw two trucks at the dealership had that issue.

 

[JR RANGER]

I noticed this panel gap upon purchase of the truck, yeah it's small and not a critical issue but for a $60k truck you'd expect better...
I brought it up to the dealership and they took it to the body shop and they tried to push it back into the clip. That lasted about 15 minutes before popping back out. They had determined that a clip needs to be replaced. That was on August 22nd/25. As of December 29th I've heard pretty much nothing aside from my salesman finally telling me it's on backorder during my last service visit.
Are these clips really that hard to get ahold of? Or did he just forget to order it, sale is over and he's trying to pull a fast one on me?

I believe it must be a fairly common issue as there was a desert sand truck with the gap in the same spot. They had a white and carbonized grey on the lot as well and no issue. So it seems to be hit and miss

I had the same gap 2024 Ranger XLT FX4 4X4. My dealer sent it to Collision Pros. Whatever they did they fixed the misaligned pieces.
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[kirkster89]

UPDATE:
IT'S FIXED!!
Communication with the dealership wasn't great... it took them close to 4 months for them to tell me the clip was on backorder. I was about an hour away from sending an email to the bodyshop manager to confirm it was even ordered when my salesman texted me saying it came! I didn't see what the part looked like but is sounded like it was fairly large.
Looks a hell of a lot better now!

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