My shields are falling off

[Bill1065]

A friend pointed out a dangling lower front metal under panel which I found loose due to a lost bolt. Then I noticed the black under shield right behind it was dangling too. Do either of these shields have to be removed when changing oil and if so can I assume the shields were not bolted back on securely at my last oil change? No damage to the shields, just missing bolts.

[HumbleAg]

Missing bolts from the skid plates have been a common problem, mine was missing 2 before the first oil change. Haven't heard much about it lately, maybe manufacturing procedures have been improved.

Skid plates do have to be removed to change the oil, so if you had that done somewhere they may have neglected to tighten the bolts.

Fun part of finding new ones was matching hex on existing ones. Something odd, but replacements I found had a different hex size (factory are metric threads with SAE hex - or the opposite). Didn't want to have to use two separate sockets to remove the skid plates, so I switched two bolts on the radiator support.

[RuggedH2]

Yeah, common.

My dealer forgot to put them all back in, twice now. They have replaced them both times, after I pointed it out to them.

I inspect them now before I leave.

[dеiтайожни]

Lucky you, they only forgot to tighten yours. My dealer stole mine.

[lance-n]

I had a rattle underneath and found that one of the bolts had worked itself loose, conspicuously after an oil change.
Since it is hard to find the matching bolts, it doesn't hurt to put a wrench on them after any maintenance or off-road trips.

[wpage]

Front shield needs removal for filter access. 2nd sheild for oil pan drain bolt access. Both shields need to be tight and placed back correctly. Front overlaps back and each have expansion hole slots.

[NEOCON1]

Originally Posted by dеiтайожни

Lucky you, they only forgot to tighten yours. My dealer stole mine.

Damn bandits