Rear Bumper Cover / Fascia: Service and Repair

Rear Bumper Cover





1 Guide piece

• Removing and installing => [ Guide piece, removing and installing ].

2 Grommet

• 2 pieces per side.

• Must be inserted in fender before installing bumper cover => [ Side panel grommets, installing ].

3 Cross member

• Removing => [ Rear Bumper Crossmember ] Rear Bumper Crossmember.

4 Bumper cover

• Removing:

- Remove bolts in rear area of wheel housing liner.

- Drive back wheel housing liner and remove bolts => [ (Item 5) Screw ] from guide piece.

- Remove luggage compartment side trim.

- Remove nuts => [ (Item 7) Nut ] from luggage compartment.

- Unclip bumper cover side flanks from guide piece => [ (Item 1) Guide piece ].

- Pull bumper cover back slightly and if necessary, disconnect electrical connector (at left under tail light) to the parking assist system sensors.

- Remove bumper cover toward rear.

• Panel gap dimensions => [ Panel gap dimensions ]

5 Screw

• 1.5 Nm

6 Wheel housing liner

7 Nut

• 4 Nm

Side panel grommets, installing





• Before installing bumper cover - 1 -, check to see if threaded pins - 2 - on bumper sides and grommets - 3 - are present.

- Before installing bumper cover - 1 -, grommets - 3 - must slide onto threaded pins - 2 -.

4 Side panel
5 Nut (6 Nm)

- Tighten nut - 5 - after installing.

Guide piece, removing and installing





• Bumper cover removed.

- Remove bolts - 3 - and remove guide piece - 1 -.

2 Clip

- When installing, tighten bolts - 3 - in - a -, - b - and - c - sequence.

a, b, c Screw (1.5 Nm)

Panel gap dimensions





• Panel gap dimensions can be checked with Adjusting Gauge (3371).

• Dimension - A - = 2 mm + 0.5 mm.

• Dimension - B - = 0 mm ± 0.6 mm.

• Dimension - C - = 0 mm ± 0.6 mm.