[vortex]

I'd like to remove them and the front air deflector, as well. I think as my car ages, those items will be gone.

You might get a bit more road noise, if that's something you care about? Service Tech told me that without them, you will be getting wind sucked up into the wheel well from under the car and will baffle up against wheel well liner. He told me this while I was buying my replacement clips and asked what the things are even for. He sounded like he knew what he was talking about, but then again, he just sells car parts and I'm assuming didnt engineer the cars exterior....

 

[kenammo]

Bought four clips today from my local dealership and installed easily. Not driving my Murano today, but will travel around a bit tomorrow. I'll be curious if my loose air guides contributed to the occasional mystery rattle I was hearing back there, and if it's fixed now...

 

[2015Plat]

Both of mine were unfastened. Found some clips I had in the parts bin. Not the right size, but working for now.
Did seem like less noise on the highway since they are straight now.

 

[kenammo]

Well, securing the "air guides" did the trick for me: No more rattling or other noises. Awesome!:29:

 

[Halwg]

You might get a bit more road noise, if that's something you care about? Service Tech told me that without them, you will be getting wind sucked up into the wheel well from under the car and will baffle up against wheel well liner. He told me this while I was buying my replacement clips and asked what the things are even for. He sounded like he knew what he was talking about, but then again, he just sells car parts and I'm assuming didnt engineer the cars exterior....

Well, that seems like it makes more sense than increasing gas mileage. There is also a set of these things on my 2016 Explorer, but they are secured differently. I just think they look pretty silly, and they are hard to keep clean.

 

[Teg]

I was making a winter-to-all-season tire switch last weekend and noticed that one of the flaps in front of the rear wheels was turned half way. After closer inspection, I found that it was attached to the body with only 1 bolt despite having 3 holes neatly aligning with 3 holes in the body of the car. I thought I maybe lost one or two? After checking the other side, I discovered that it too was connected with just 1 bolt.


Can anybody tell me the purpose of those flaps? Are they for drag reduction? They don't even align well with the tires.
Also, can you post if your flaps are attached to the car with only 1 or more bolts? I believe they rattle at high speed a little because of loose 1-bolt connection.

 

[Teg]

Mine has the very same thing! I’m trying to order the screws to put on them so that the flapping noise will stop! I don’t understand why they weren’t all connected in the first place🤷‍♀️

 

[jaxjpd99]

I was making a winter-to-all-season tire switch last weekend and noticed that one of the flaps in front of the rear wheels was turned half way. After closer inspection, I found that it was attached to the body with only 1 bolt despite having 3 holes neatly aligning with 3 holes in the body of the car. I thought I maybe lost one or two? After checking the other side, I discovered that it too was connected with just 1 bolt.


Can anybody tell me the purpose of those flaps? Are they for drag reduction? They don't even align well with the tires.
Also, can you post if your flaps are attached to the car with only 1 or more bolts? I believe they rattle at high speed a little because of loose 1-bolt connection.

I have ran into the same issue with my 2018 murano. I was hearing a raddle e it was the rear mud flap as well with only one bolt. Do you happen to know the bolt size ? When I had got my oil changed at the Nissan dealership I looked at the new muranos and there are bolts besides the one holding the mud flaps .

 

[jaxjpd99]

Mine has the very same thing! I’m trying to order the screws to put on them so that the flapping noise will stop! I don’t understand why they weren’t all connected in the first place🤷‍♀️

Do you know the bolt size? I guess this is a common problem

 

[Professor Maxxx]

I was making a winter-to-all-season tire switch last weekend and noticed that one of the flaps in front of the rear wheels was turned half way. After closer inspection, I found that it was attached to the body with only 1 bolt despite having 3 holes neatly aligning with 3 holes in the body of the car. I thought I maybe lost one or two? After checking the other side, I discovered that it too was connected with just 1 bolt.


Can anybody tell me the purpose of those flaps? Are they for drag reduction? They don't even align well with the tires.
Also, can you post if your flaps are attached to the car with only 1 or more bolts? I believe they rattle at high speed a little because of loose 1-bolt connection.

The moronic PLASTIC PUSHPINS are the culprit, a cost-saving strategy by Nissan. I got tired of keep losing them and epoxy glued mine so the flaps stay in place no matter what........

 

[ypodolyan]

I have ran into the same issue with my 2018 murano. I was hearing a raddle e it was the rear mud flap as well with only one bolt. Do you happen to know the bolt size ? When I had got my oil changed at the Nissan dealership I looked at the new muranos and there are bolts besides the one holding the mud flaps .

I bought a box of different plastic pushpins and used the thickest ones that would fit. It works (for some time).