Used Nissan NV400 Rear Tailgate

The Nissan NV400 (sold in the UK from around 2011 onwards, with a facelift circa 2014) shares its X62 platform throughout, but the facelift brought changes to the rear panel pressing and lamp clusters, so a pre-facelift tailgate and a post-facelift tailgate may not swap cleanly. Name the generation boundary to your breaker – pre-2014 or post-2014 – and ask them to cross-reference against your exact registration before buying. Never assume a tailgate from the other side of that facelift line is a straight swap.

Yes – this is one of the most important things to get right. Barn-door variants have two side-hinged doors and a completely different aperture surround, whereas the tailgate version has a single top-hinged lift-up panel; these are not interchangeable at all. Always tell the breaker which configuration your van has, and confirm it against your registration, as both options were available on the NV400 range.

Wheelbase (short, long, or extra-long) primarily affects the length of the body sides and floor, but the rear aperture height can differ between standard and high-roof variants, so the tailgate pressing and glass may not be shared across roof heights. Confirm your exact wheelbase and roof height combination with the breaker so they can match the correct panel to your vehicle. Getting this wrong is one of the most common fitment mistakes on panel vans.

Trim level does not affect which tailgate shell you need; the pressing is determined by the body configuration, roof height, and model year, not the specification level. That said, higher-spec trims may have a factory-fitted rear wash-wipe, heated glass, or privacy glazing, so a tailgate sourced from a lower-spec van may lack those features or require additional parts. The breaker can tell you what glass and electrical equipment the donor tailgate carries before you commit.

The NV400, Renault Master, and Vauxhall Movano are all built on the same X62 platform and share a great deal of their bodywork, but whether a specific rear tailgate pressing from one badge-engineered variant directly swaps onto another is not something that can be stated as fact here. Confirm this specifically with your breaker against both registrations, as panel differences between same-platform variants sold under different names can exist and are best verified by someone handling the physical parts daily. Don't assume shared platform means guaranteed interchangeability.

The 2014 facelift is the key boundary here: if a tailgate is listed as fitting up to 2016, it may well cross into post-facelift territory depending on the seller's date cut-off, but you should not assume it fits a 2017 vehicle without checking. Ask the breaker to confirm against your specific registration, as pressing or lamp-aperture differences around the facelift period mean the fit is not guaranteed even within what looks like a continuous run. Always give the breaker your reg rather than relying on year ranges alone.