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OK guys. I just got done talking with the body shop manager at my dealer. He is the one that basicly did the repairs on my truck from the cracked battery. I am very pleased with the care and lengths gone to by him to correct this. I want to give all a warning to keep an eye on the battery hold down area of the battery. He feels it is a design flaw, and is documenting it, and sending all info to Nissan. It seems that there is so much presure put on the battery at the hold down point, in makes it drop almost 3/4 inch in the tray! That is where my battery let go, and he feels it will be an ongoing problem. He had to pull my grill, headlight assembly, fender, air conditioning, and front rubber bushings to do the complete repair. The frame had to be neutralized, coated, and repainted. A wiring harness had to be replaced, as well as a brake line, and inner fender. It was a real mess, so keep an eye on your battery area. He dislikes the set up so much, if Nissan will give him the ok, he is going to fabricate his own hold down system for my truck. I feel very lucky to have a guy show so much concern with making my truck right again, this could have been done as a quick fix if they had wanted to, and I probobly would not have been the wiser!