Front Bumper: Service and Repair

Front Bumper, Removing, Installing And Assembly Overview







1 - Trim

Removing:
- Open engine hood.
- Detach front part of wheel housing liner.
- Remove screws - 3 - and take off securing strip - 2 -.
- Remove screws - 14 - and - 16 -, then detach wheel spoiler - 15 -.
- Release quick-release fasteners on wheel housing liners and noise insulation Fig. 2.
- Remove screws - 17 - at bottom of trim from noise insulation.
- Unscrew nuts - 11 - from inner side of wheel housing.
- Loosen screws - 10 - and press guide profile - 12 - slightly downward.







CAUTION: If guide profile is not loosened, trim cannot disengage from retainers, and paintwork may be damaged.

- Detach hose at connecting piece on vehicles with headlight washers.
- Detach trim toward the front.

2 - Securing strip
3 - Combi screw
- 6 Nm
4 - Combi bolt
- 35 Nm
5 - Securing nut
- Hold nut with open-ended spanner when tightening combi bolt - 4 -.







6 - Cross-head bolt
- For pre-assembly
- Unscrew when removing bracket - 8 -.
7 - Hexagon bolt
- 35 Nm
8 - Bracket
- Trim - 1 - and bumper - 5 - removed
- To remove, unscrew bolts - 7 - and pull bracket out of longitudinal member
9 - Bumper
- Trim - 1 - removed
- To remove, unscrew combi bolt - 4 - and detach bumper

NOTE: Clips must be pressed into fender before installing bumper Fig. 1.







10 - Screws
- 1.5 Nm
- Before detaching trim - 1 -, loosen screws so that retainers on guide profile - 13 - disengage from trim.
11 - Hexagon nut with collar
- 6 Nm
- Only accessible after removal of wheel housing liner
12 - Guide profile
- Trim - 1 - engages in side of guide profile
- To enable trim - 1 - to engage upon installation, press guide profile upward as far as it will go and tighten screws - 10 -.
13 - Expanding clip
- Expanding clips must be pressed into fender before installing trim - 1 - Fig. 1







14 - Self-tapping screw
- 1.5 Nm
15 - Wheel spoiler
- Detach before removing trim - 1 -
16 - Self-tapping screw
- 1.5 Nm
17 - Combi bolt
- 2.5 Nm







Fig. 1 Pressing in expanding clips

- Before installing trim - 4 -, it is necessary to press clips - 2 - into fender - 3 -.
- Tighten hexagon collar nut - 1 - to 6 Nm.







Fig. 2 Detaching wheel spoiler

- Unscrew Torx screws - arrow A - and 2 screws from underside.
- To detach wheel housing liner, release quick-release fasteners - arrow B -.