If you’re a bit of a handy person, you’re most likely eager to handle almost all of the maintenance to be achieved on your Dodge Avenger, but some are more complex than others and require the removal of body parts or parts to access the component you want to operate on. We want to help you in this operation. That’s why today we are going to see how to remove the bumper from a Dodge Avenger. This process is not very complex and you should have the ability to do it with few tools. To do so , first we will see how to remove the front bumper of your Dodge Avenger, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Dodge Avenger
So let’s start our article with the front bumper of your Dodge Avenger. To take it off, you will just require a set of ratchet wrenches, some screwdrivers and torx bits. Here are the guidelines you will have to stick to in order to disassemble the bumper of your Dodge Avenger in good conditions:
- If you want to be more comfy, we encourage you to put your Dodge Avenger on stands and to remove the front wheels to have a perfect access to the whole front bumper.
- Open the bonnet of your automobile: Seems obvious, but you will need to have access to the bumper attachment in your engine compartment.
- Take away the wheel arches: They’re also named fenders, but they’ll get in the way and prevent you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your Dodge Avenger. Dependant on your car features and the year of your model, you will also have the ability to find staples, to get this done, you will just have to use a staple extractor or to do it carefully with a big flat screwdriver, and use a lever to open the staple.
- Then you will have to unscrew the screws that is at the rear of your mudguard and that locks the front bumper of your Dodge Avenger on the sides.
- Unscrew the screws or remove the clips on the upper part of the bumper in the engine compartment.
- Now it’s time to go beneath your Dodge Avenger to unscrew the bolts that are on the chassis of the car, you will find some in the middle of the bumper and on the sides.
- Remember to disconnect the connection of the plate lighting and the distance control sensor if you have it.
- Carefully remove the front bumper by first unclipping the sides. If it doesn’t come off, you almost certainly forgot a screw or a clip. Think of working with a carpet or other to avoid that it gets scratched by touching the ground.
That’s it, you’ve seen all the steps of how to remove the front bumper from your Dodge Avenger, to put it back in place stick to the steps in the opposite direction.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Dodge Avenger
And to conclude, whether or not the operation is quite equivalent, we will look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Dodge Avenger. For each step to avoid repeating ourselves we will just give you the broad highlights, refer to part 1 if you have any uncertainties or questions for more details.
- Start by carrying out the same first step, that is, lift your Dodge Avenger and take out your rear wheels in order to have an optimal working area to remove the bumper of your Dodge Avenger without trouble
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Dodge Avenger to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Take away the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it less complicated to remove the bumper from your Dodge Avenger.
- Take off the lower bindings below your Dodge Avenger.
- While doing so, make sure to un plug the rear license plate light and the reverse radar sensors if you are equipped with them.
- Unscrew the top brackets from the top of the trunk.
- Now all you have to do is remove the rear bumper from your Dodge Avenger, stick to the same process as for the front bumper
Here, you have seen through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Dodge Avenger whether it is the front one or the rear one the methods are more or less the same and it is enough to be careful to make everything go well.
If you have any further questions about the Dodge Avenger, do not hesitate to consult our Dodge Avenger category.
