Bumper Cover, Removing And Installing: Removing

-- Remove the lock carrier trim panel. Refer to LOCK CARRIER TRIM PANEL, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .

-- Open the luggage compartment side trim panel cover.

-- Remove the nuts -arrow- using the Body Socket:T40078  .

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-- Disconnect the connectors -2 and 3-.

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-- Free up the wiring harness -1-.

-- From product improvement/Sportback: release the retainers from the inside -arrows- and push the grommet -1- toward the outside.

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-- Remove the rear wheel cover. Refer to WHEEL COVER, REMOVING AND INSTALLING, REAR .

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-- Remove the bolts -arrows-.

-- Remove the bolts -arrows-.

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• On vehicles with trailer hitch the trailer hitch must be retracted.
• The quantity of bolts -arrows- varies depending on the model.

-- Remove the bolts -1 and 4-.

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-- Using the Wedge Set:T10383/1  unclip the bumper side section -3- from the body.

-- Disengage the side piece -2- on the side panel outward in the direction of -arrow A- and remove the bumper cover slightly toward the rear in the direction of -arrow B- with the help of a second technician.

-- Before product improvement: release the catches from the outside in the direction of -arrows- and push the grommet -1- inward.

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-- Guide out the wiring harness with the grommet at the body pass through.

-- Lay the bumper cover on a soft surface.