I'm sure they probably know there is an issue with it. I've had this happen with more than just the slayer. Yes they're customer service is great, I've used them more than once for much larger issues like my slayer having the incorrect springs on the rear from the factory. But an issue like this I don't see as worth picking up the phone and trying to get them to do something about it. They have better things to invest their R&D money into than just making a silly guard to keep a pebble out of the wheel.

Come on people, do like bink and make a little guard or something with plastic or some screen mesh and get on with it. It's a minor issue that I wouldn't even worry about or bother traxxas about. It's happened to me before many times just pick the truck up and shake it out it takes 2 freakin seconds. You all are blowing a small problem way out of proportion. What are you all going to do when a bigger problem arises? I think you all are in the wrong hobby if you let a little bitty problem like this aggrivate you half to death. It's like buying a 1:1 truck and complaining that rocks knick the paint. What do you think the manufacturer is going to do? I highly doubt they'd do anything about it.