Versa Hatchback Dent problem?

[Brad17w]

I just bought my new 09 Versa hatchback three weeks ago. I have ahuge dent (basketball size) in the passenger side of the Hatchback. I think some one fell or pushed off the back of it. My question is it seems that this is a big dent for such force. Has anyone had any problems with with easily dented hatchbak doors?

[frankoV]

Hey, welcome to the forum.

A warning: when you post something about the condition of your vehicle someone is bound to ask for a pic . . . you may want to show one so the HB people will know how to answer

[Moghedian]

No problems with this yet, but I know to keep an eye out for it. I had a Kia Spectra before my V and if you even looked at the car sideways, it would dent. It was the cheapest metal? i've ever seen. Thankfully, it seems the V is stronger, but Im still not going to test it. When I bought mine, one of the extras was to have 25 dents pulled for free over the lifetime of the car by the dealership. Even with this, I and probably you, should be careful...It's no Ford F350.

I would be sick if my car was 3 weeks old with a dent in it.

[iluvmyVersa08]

So far I haven't noticed any dings/dents. I do find that the older model cars seem stronger. My parents minivan is 12 years old now and that thing is super strong. I do have a few rock chips/scrapes on my V but it is a car, so its bound to get some road damage Unfortunately ...

[nismo31sanders]

When I bought my Versa it had a dent in the rear hatchback door. They fixed it for me. I have another small one in the same spot already.

[BlueMango]

I haven't had any problems. I play soccer and go watch my younger brother's games alot and have had numerous soccer balls nail my car at high speeds in several places and not a dent in sight. (We're talking college athletes here not AYSO people.) V just shrugs it off like a slight breeze.

[Brad17w]

I took it to the body shop and the guy told me that the hatchback has no support beams in it like a regular car door. He said that the bumper takes most of the beating in a crash. He said that the hatch back is basically like a quarter panel. The sedan may have been a better option had I know this. I hope that this does not happen again. $600 bucks down the drain.

[Papercarz]

Actually I know exactly what your dent is! I have a dent the size of a basketball that is on the drivers side of the hatch.... right where that sexy line runs parallel to the rear window. Its like a fat guy fell on it.... It makes me shed a tear everytime I walk by it.

[superskunk]

Actually I know exactly what your dent is! I have a dent the size of a basketball that is on the drivers side of the hatch.... right where that sexy line runs parallel to the rear window. Its like a fat guy fell on it.... It makes me shed a tear everytime I walk by it.

i have a hatch for sale if you want it... its superblack too! let me know... its just a hatch no motor for wiper or glass...

[dewluca]

I made it 3 months before I dented the drivers door of my new (Nov 2009) Versa. All it took was a brisk wind knocking the door into the mirror of the car next to me in a parking lot. Today I dented the passenger side when it barely hit the doorknob of my garage door.

I think the body is really painted aluminum foil!

These dents are really very small "dings" not like the basketball size described here, but I had no idea these new cars were so fragile . . . very disappointing. They just don't make anything as sturdy as they used to.

Doubt I'll try to get these fixed, but any thoughts on good places to go for that?

[shorside]

i have a dent in mine too but thats becouse some a** drove down the street last winter shooting paint balls at houses and hit my car while i was viziting my mother inlaw in up state ny and be for that the summer befor that my wife put i big dent in the panil above the rear tire with her foot she whent to kick the tire to get the dogs to be quiet but missed but i was able to use a plunger to get it out for the most part some people are too stuped for there on good.

[joninprogress]

On the driverside of my hatch on that line that is parallel with the rear windshield, i have a small dent more the size of a baseball.

any suggestions?

[srellim234]

Can you pull it out with a suction cup? Maybe a small plumber's helper?