I would agree and disagree with Larry. I have seen pot holes re-invent themselves. In all but one case it did involve water, but just normal car traffic. The trick to a good drive is consistency, If the under lying base changes you will have issues where it changes.
What happened and what resulted will dictate what you need to do. If the gravel bed is higher than the ground, or is level with soft top soil, and it just pushed out the sides you could get away with re-grading and adding gravel. If you have a condition where the base is disturbed you have a whole n’other can of worms to deal with. I have the latter issue.
When the house was built we had a great driveway (800'). It had all the top soil removed. Road fabric under 8" of 1's &2's and 8" of 57's on top of that. The finished top was at ground level and held up to all kinds of truck / tractor / dozer / car traffic for years. The guy who brought out the blocks drove up it with all the load axels up and left me with 4" ruts from end to end. The guy who was digging out the foundation even commented on the damage done.
Needles to say it has never been right since. The block guy bought me a couple loads of stone and I graciously spread it out. However, I have three or four places that the fabric ripped and I have to fill them every few years with new stone. I have tried to install extra drainage, place all kinds of different size stuff in them and have come to the conclusion the only fix it to dig them out and start over.
What appears to be happening is when water pools in the bad spots the traffic (just normal car traffic) acts like a hyd pump and just digs deeper washing out dirt and stone. The edges around the bad areas it so hard and packed, it cannot be graded with a blade.
I’d dump some stone and grade it out, but let him know this may not fix it and only time will tell.
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