Tourer Rear Bumper

ardvark · 5th August 2019, 08:26

The side of the rear bumper keeps popping out of it's mounting clip.I keep trying to put it back but it won't stay put. Could this be the mounting clip broke or the way I'm doing it? I was wondering if it was a common fault.

Russel · 5th August 2019, 08:29

Mine has the same issue on the passenger's side only sticks out about 4 cm and only notice it if you know what your looking for

Sprinter · 5th August 2019, 20:10

Mine does the same (off side). It was like that when I bought it and when I replaced the bumper the new one did the same. I've tried to locate it properly without any success and the advice given was to hold it in the right place with a wood screw. (I haven't).

ardvark · 6th August 2019, 07:36

I'm wondering weather it is the strip of clips that the bumper clips onto or not.

Tourist · 6th August 2019, 10:47

You've just explained something that I found in the scrapper when I took a replacement bumper for my car recently, because I couldn't get the bumper on one side to pull out as you'd expect.

The previous owner had put a self tapping screw through the upper surface of the bumper, into the plastic bracket panel behind it. Took me a while to spot though as it was right up inside the wheel-arch, behind the plastic lining panel.

I guess they were having the same issue as you guys.

The bumper went back on my car a treat and is correctly located without needing any further means to hold it in place so I assume that the problem was with the white plastic bracket that's on the car.

I can recommend adding a screw where it won't be seen - it certainly held the bumper nice and firmly in place!

smudge.g · 6th August 2019, 16:05

There's a screw on either side holding my bumper, once you've removed all the torx screws. I had to remove my bumper recently to fix the reversing sensors but I cant get the screw to tighten (it goes into a plastic plate on either side of boot space) and as a result, one side, like you, keeps popping out. So are these screws original or added, as others have said, to better hold the bumper in place? Could they be replaced with wee bolts to better fix things in place?

Tourist · 6th August 2019, 21:24

The screws located near the corners of where the tailgate are, are original and correct. My car has two different ones - one pretty sturdy one which I assume was used because the original would no longer hold the bumper.

From what I find on my car, I'd suggest that you can select a bigger screw and use that instead!

5th August 2019, 08:26	#1
ardvark Al 75 CDTI Tourer Auto Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Studley Posts: 1,457 Thanks: 1 Thanked 69 Times in 48 Posts	Tourer Rear Bumper The side of the rear bumper keeps popping out of it's mounting clip.I keep trying to put it back but it won't stay put. Could this be the mounting clip broke or the way I'm doing it? I was wondering if it was a common fault. __________________ ARDVARK

5th August 2019, 20:10	#3
Sprinter Posted a thing or two Jag S-Type 4.2 V8 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Derby Posts: 1,645 Thanks: 271 Thanked 427 Times in 293 Posts	Mine does the same (off side). It was like that when I bought it and when I replaced the bumper the new one did the same. I've tried to locate it properly without any success and the advice given was to hold it in the right place with a wood screw. (I haven't). __________________ “Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.”

6th August 2019, 07:36	#4
ardvark Al 75 CDTI Tourer Auto Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Studley Posts: 1,457 Thanks: 1 Thanked 69 Times in 48 Posts	I'm wondering weather it is the strip of clips that the bumper clips onto or not. __________________ ARDVARK

6th August 2019, 16:05	#6
smudge.g Gets stuck in 75 Tourer CDTi Connie SE Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Keith, Banffshire Posts: 686 Thanks: 431 Thanked 132 Times in 105 Posts	There's a screw on either side holding my bumper, once you've removed all the torx screws. I had to remove my bumper recently to fix the reversing sensors but I cant get the screw to tighten (it goes into a plastic plate on either side of boot space) and as a result, one side, like you, keeps popping out. So are these screws original or added, as others have said, to better hold the bumper in place? Could they be replaced with wee bolts to better fix things in place? __________________ My 75 Tourer CDTi was born Saturday, 21st June 2003 @ 09:50 My 75 was the 18,749th 75 Tourer to run off the production line, out of 27,407 It was the 195th 75 Tourer CDT Connoisseur SE (135) to be made out of 2,074 and the 1,789th 75 Tourer in Wedgewood Blue Metallic (code: JEL) to be made out of 1,871 Wedgewood Blue Metallic 75 Tourers

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5th August 2019, 08:29	#2
Russel Loves to post Mg zt-t Join Date: Jun 2019 Location: Southampton Posts: 283 Thanks: 127 Thanked 58 Times in 38 Posts	Mine has the same issue on the passenger's side only sticks out about 4 cm and only notice it if you know what your looking for

6th August 2019, 10:47	#5
Tourist Loves to post 2004 Rover 75 Tourer CDTi Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Fulbourn, Cambridge Posts: 455 Thanks: 105 Thanked 123 Times in 101 Posts	You've just explained something that I found in the scrapper when I took a replacement bumper for my car recently, because I couldn't get the bumper on one side to pull out as you'd expect. The previous owner had put a self tapping screw through the upper surface of the bumper, into the plastic bracket panel behind it. Took me a while to spot though as it was right up inside the wheel-arch, behind the plastic lining panel. I guess they were having the same issue as you guys. The bumper went back on my car a treat and is correctly located without needing any further means to hold it in place so I assume that the problem was with the white plastic bracket that's on the car. I can recommend adding a screw where it won't be seen - it certainly held the bumper nice and firmly in place!

6th August 2019, 21:24	#7
Tourist Loves to post 2004 Rover 75 Tourer CDTi Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Fulbourn, Cambridge Posts: 455 Thanks: 105 Thanked 123 Times in 101 Posts	The screws located near the corners of where the tailgate are, are original and correct. My car has two different ones - one pretty sturdy one which I assume was used because the original would no longer hold the bumper. From what I find on my car, I'd suggest that you can select a bigger screw and use that instead!