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Front & Rear Bumper removal: How to ?

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Front & Rear Bumper removal: How to ?

Post by everson » Fri Feb 04, 2022 4:42 pm

Hey guys, I have a 2015 X1 with a PDC fault, where all sensors seem to be out of commission.

Before tackling jobs like removing panels as it have broken plastics written all over it. Are there any good write-ups / videos on the forum for how to remove the bumpers?

Thanks in advance.

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Post by Alan Gunn » Sat Feb 05, 2022 6:07 am

Dought all sensors will have failed.
Have you had a fault code scan done.

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Post by everson » Sat Feb 05, 2022 7:54 am

Alan Gunn wrote: Sat Feb 05, 2022 6:07 am Dought all sensors will have failed.
Have you had a fault code scan done.
Yeah your mostly like right I doubt all have failed and No l not yet wanting for a friend to borrow his tool, just wanted to do some ore reading on the process of things whilst I'm waiting around.

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Post by X5Sport » Sat Feb 05, 2022 11:10 am

The front sensors don’t need the bumper off apart from left centre. Screws at top (4) and bottom (9) all need to come off Sides are got to via the wheel arches and front right via the trim panels below the fog lights.
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Wheel arch trim removal.
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Rear sensors can all be accessed from underneath and below the bumper - but mind the exhaust (if hot).

PDC control unit is behind the right rear trim panel in the boot so you’ll need to remove that too.
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Post by everson » Sun Feb 06, 2022 11:56 am

X5Sport wrote: Sat Feb 05, 2022 11:10 am The front sensors don’t need the bumper off apart from left centre. Screws at top (4) and bottom (9) all need to come off Sides are got to via the wheel arches and front right via the trim panels below the fog lights.

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Wheel arch trim removal.
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Rear sensors can all be accessed from underneath and below the bumper - but mind the exhaust (if hot).

PDC control unit is behind the right rear trim panel in the boot so you’ll need to remove that too.
Hey pal, thanks for taking the time and showing this. IN regards to removal of the bumpers , take it can be done with with wheels on, but is it ones of those jobs its much easier to take the extra 15 mins to support the vehicle on axle stands and removal wheels?

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Post by X5Sport » Sun Feb 06, 2022 7:26 pm

It probably can as long as your tools can get to everything whilst the wheels are on - I’m thinking wheel arch splash guards. There’s often not a huge amount of gap between wheel and wing. If you have ‘dumpy’ tools then it should be fine. One of those ‘it depends’ jobs I guess. :)
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Post by everson » Thu Feb 10, 2022 11:19 pm

X5Sport wrote: Sat Feb 05, 2022 11:10 am The front sensors don’t need the bumper off apart from left centre. Screws at top (4) and bottom (9) all need to come off Sides are got to via the wheel arches and front right via the trim panels below the fog lights.

C8B2A598-4671-4571-9522-BEE83BA6DBBF.jpeg
B2AD952A-3A6B-438A-BD3B-EAD483FE1D61.jpeg
B4897EDC-6BC0-47B3-8963-25E76A86EC1B.jpeg

Wheel arch trim removal.
4513DD6A-4062-4343-85D4-A3505B6C2C3F.jpeg

Rear sensors can all be accessed from underneath and below the bumper - but mind the exhaust (if hot).

PDC control unit is behind the right rear trim panel in the boot so you’ll need to remove that too.
Hey pal, I was just wondering about the resource you used to upload the procedure on bumper removal. Is this an online manual tool anyone can access I have a coupleore jobs I may need to do and again looking for some write ups?

Thanks you

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Post by X5Sport » Fri Feb 11, 2022 1:53 pm

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