Impact Member, Removing And Installing: Removing

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-- Remove the bumper cover. Refer to BUMPER COVER, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .

CAUTION:

Pyrotechnical components can deploy unintentionally.

Risk of injury.

- Discharge the static electricity: quickly touch the door striker.

-- Vehicles with pedestrian protection: disconnect the connector -2- from the pedestrian protection crash sensor.

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-- Free up the wiring harness -1- on both sides.

-- Disconnect the connector -1- from the Outside Air Temperature Sensor -G17- -item 3-.

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-- Vehicles with auxiliary radiator: unclip and remove the air duct -1- in the direction of -arrow-.

Fig 1: Identifying Front Bumper Cover

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-- Loosen the threaded connection -1 through 4- and remove the bolts -A- upward.

Fig 2: Front Impact Member - Tightening Sequence

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-- Remove the impact member from the mount.