Rear Bumper Cover

Rear Bumper Cover

• Slight changes may have to be made to removal and installation procedures of rear bumper cover, depending upon equipment installed in vehicle.

Removing






Perform the following:

- Remove the side panel tail lamps.

• It may be necessary to unbolt and loosen the rear wheel housing liner in order to access upper bolt - 5 - shown in corresponding illustration. If so, refer to => [ Rear Wheel Housing Liner ] Rear Wheel Housing Liner

- Remove the bolts - 5 - inside the wheel housing on the left and right.

- Remove the lower bolts - 3 - and - 4 - from underneath.

- Remove the bolts that attach the right rear underbody trim panel to the bumper cover, if equipped.

A second technician is required for the rest of the removal procedure.

- Remove the rear bumper cover - 1 - out of the guides on the left and right sides of the side panel - arrows b -.

- Open the catches - arrows a - on the left and right brackets - 2 -.

- Remove the rear bumper cover - 1 - - arrows c - from the vehicle. A second technician is needed for this.

- Disconnect the connectors from any electrical components.

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Installing






- Disconnect the connectors from any electrical components.

- Guide the rear bumper cover - 1 - parallel into the guide until it locks into the left and right brackets - 2 - - arrows a -.

- Install the rear bumper cover - 1 - into the left and right guides on the side panel until is locks.

- Pay attention to the parallel alignment and the gap dimensions.

- Tighten the bolts - 3 -, - 4 - and - 5 -. Refer to => [ Rear Bumper Cover Assembly Overview ] Rear Bumper Cover Assembly Overview.

- Install the bolts that attach the right rear underbody trim panel to the bumper cover and tighten them to 2.7 Nm, if equipped.

- Install the side panel tail lamps.