If you’re a bit of a handy person, you’re quite likely willing to look after the vast majority of the work to be carried out on your Dodge Grand Caravan, but some are more difficult than others and necessitate the removal of body parts or parts to access the part you want to focus on. We really want to help you in this process. That’s why in this article we are going to discover how to remove the bumper from a Dodge Grand Caravan. This operation is not very difficult and you should be able to do it with few equipment. For that, first we will see how to remove the front bumper of your Dodge Grand Caravan, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.
How to remove the front bumper from a Dodge Grand Caravan
So let’s begin our article with the front bumper of your Dodge Grand Caravan. To take it off, you will just need a set of ratchet wrenches, some screwdrivers and torx bits. Here are the steps you will have to follow to be able to disassemble the bumper of your Dodge Grand Caravan in good conditions:
- If you want to be more relaxed, we recommend you to put your Dodge Grand Caravan on stands and to remove the front wheels to have a perfect access to the whole front bumper.
- Open the bonnet of your car: Seems evident, but you will need to have access to the bumper attachment in your engine compartment.
- Take off the wheel arches: They’re also described as fenders, but they’ll get in the way and stop you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your Dodge Grand Caravan. According to your vehicle 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 seals the front bumper of your Dodge Grand Caravan on the sides.
- Unscrew the screws or remove the clips on the upper part of the bumper in the engine bay.
- Now it’s time to go underneath your Dodge Grand Caravan to unscrew the bolts that are on the chassis of the vehicle, 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 prevent 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 Grand Caravan, to put it back in place follow the steps in the opposite way.
How to remove the rear bumper from a Dodge Grand Caravan
And now, even if the process is quite equivalent, we will take a look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your Dodge Grand Caravan. For each stage to avoid repeating ourselves we will simply give you the broad highlights, refer to part 1 if you have any doubts or questions for more information.
- Start by undertaking the same first stage, that is, lift your Dodge Grand Caravan and take off your rear wheels to be able to have an optimal working space to remove the bumper of your Dodge Grand Caravan without trouble
- Remove the rear wheel arches of your Dodge Grand Caravan to access the side bumper side brackets
- Open your trunk
- Take off the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it less difficult to remove the bumper from your Dodge Grand Caravan.
- Take away the lower bindings underneath your Dodge Grand Caravan.
- While doing so, be sure you disconnect 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 Grand Caravan, follow the same technique as for the front bumper
Here, you have seen through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a Dodge Grand Caravan whether it is the front one or the rear one the techniques are essentially the same and it is enough to be careful to make everything go well.
To find more tips on the Dodge Grand Caravan, take a look at the Dodge Grand Caravan category.
