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mark28   
Mon Mar 31 2014, 04:37pm
Joined: Apr 28 2010
Member No: #102
Location: Hampshire
 I hit this poor creature on the m40 today, i now have a parking sensor that has been pushed out of its holder. i can see it but i cannot get hold of it. Is it a bumper off job
C6Dave   
Mon Mar 31 2014, 06:20pm

Joined: Oct 01 2009
Member No: #1
Location: Northumberland
 Depends which one...

If you pull the trim off the indicator/DLR unit, then pop that lamp unit out, you may be able to reach in and push the sensor back.

If not you may get in by dropping the engine undertray, which will need unclipping anyway if you end up removing the bumper
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magicands   
Thu Apr 03 2014, 10:24am
Joined: Sep 13 2012
Member No: #1021
Location: Coventry, Warwickshire
C6Dave wrote ...

Depends which one...

If you pull the trim off the indicator/DLR unit, then pop that lamp unit out, you may be able to reach in and push the sensor back.

If not you may get in by dropping the engine undertray, which will need unclipping anyway if you end up removing the bumper


Dave is spot on, remove the DLR and you can get access to the sensor, it may well have broken clips though as they don't like being shoved backwards.
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e3steve   
Sun Apr 06 2014, 10:29am
Joined: Jan 21 2013
Member No: #1163
Location: Warsash, Hants & Palma de Mallorca, Spain
 A thoughtless driver with a tow-hitch backed into mine yesterday in a Waitrose carpark and pushed in one of the sensors next to the number plate! I got her number as she drove off; I didn't notice the damage until I started up and the front park-assist kept sounding. If there's any other damage then I'll report it, but if it just snaps back into place then all's well, I guess.

It's still in its aperture; just pushed a bit askew.

My undertray is not in place at present, as I'm in the throes of recurring engine and 'box oil changing, so I'll take a look later.
mark28   
Sun Apr 06 2014, 08:05pm
Joined: Apr 28 2010
Member No: #102
Location: Hampshire
 I had to glue mine the mount was lost
e3steve   
Sun Apr 06 2014, 08:15pm
Joined: Jan 21 2013
Member No: #1163
Location: Warsash, Hants & Palma de Mallorca, Spain
 Well, I put the suspension on its highest position this afternoon and, aided by a v-e-r-y l-o-o-o-o-n-g flat-blade screwdriver, managed to pop it back into place with no real trouble at all.

I do need to remove the front bumper again soon in order to carry out a little cleanup job where I spilled some LDS, so I'll check the holder fully; but, for now, all's well again.
 

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