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Just noticed this on the truck this morning. This is 23 months in. Seems like the drunk forced the fender corner up. Anyone else had any issues? Hard to call these trucks anymore.
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With your typos, it's hard to tell what you're saying.

I don't see how the frunk opening did that.
 

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Nope, something else happened.

The scratches are on the outside of both panels.

The frunk may have bent it after the fact but it's not caused by the alignment of panels. You can watch how your frunk opens, there is lots of clearance. I did it the other day with a bunch of snow on it as a test, worked fine.
 

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Looks like someone tried to break in with a prybar or large screwdriver.
 

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Just noticed this on the truck this morning. This is 23 months in. Seems like the drunk forced the fender corner up. Anyone else had any issues? Hard to call these trucks anymore.

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Stab in the dark observation, you previously had a some ice on the frunk that slide under the gap between the panels, the ice was strong & thick enough that it levered the corner upward, then subsequent opening of the frunk scratches on the frunk.

My truck is a garage queen and doesn't get out in the nasty weather frequently, but seeing what you experienced, I'm going to watch for ice jams between moving & fixed panels.
 

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The truck is kept in a heated garage every day. It was driven to our cabin and parked outside for the weekend. So not pried open, unless the deer wanted to pry it open. The scratches are on the frunk panel surface. The fender surface paint has damage from the paint popping off as the panel was bent and not scratched on the surface of the fender. The frunk doesn’t just pivot on one simple hinge point. I’m wondering if something happened out of sync when it opened probably due to the 15 degree weather. But basically all we do is press the button or use the remote to open it.
 

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