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Front bumper of 94 cad eldorado slipping on driver side - need to

Know how to access the bolt or whatever is holding the bumper in place in order to shift and hold it back in place. You only see the problem when you are looking at that side of the car from a lower angle - it doesn't seem to rattle or give any sign it is loose. ??

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  • cigfreervv Apr 06, 2009

    Try checking the inside part of the bumper to see if you can locate the latch or bolt that is holding the bumper tight.

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There are 4 points of attachment for the front bumper. The nose has two long bolts that go through each of the 2 horizontal shock absorbers and screw into clips attached to the bumper reinforcement. You can access each bolt head with a long socket extension inserted in front of the fog lights.

The remaining two points of attachment are on the side of each of the front fenders, they are plastic guides that meet up with groves on the inside of the bumber sides, as you slide the bumper onto the reinforcement bumper, you line up the bumper groves with these plastic fender-mounted guides and you will reach a point where the bumper snaps in place.

I suspect the driver side bumper sliped out of the inner grove (best caes scenario), or the bumper goves cracked or the plastic fender-mounted guide cracked.

Get under the car to take a look, alternatively undo the 2 front nose bolts and remove the bumper, actually not a big job, and you will then be able to assess the problem.

Hope this helps.

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