Front Fender: Service and Repair

Fender Assembly Overview






1 Fender

• Removing

- Remove front bumper.

- Remove wheel housing liner. Refer to => [ Front Wheel Housing Liner ] Front Wheel Housing Liner.

- Remove the bolts - 2 - and - 4 - and nuts - 7 - and the fender.

• Installing: in reverse order

2 Bolt

• 10 Nm

3 Fender flange

4 Bolt

• 8 Nm

5 Pop rivet

6 Rear bracket

• Riveted to the fender

7 Front bracket

• Riveted to the fender

8 Nuts

• 4 Nm

Fender brace






1 Brace

- The bumper is removed and press the wheel housing liner to the side in the area of the brace.

- Remove the nuts - 2 - to remove it.

2 Nut

• 8 Nm

• The brace is secured on the right side with bolts tightened to 10 Nm.

3 Longitudinal member

4 Fender

5 Bumper cover mount

• Different versions, refer to the Parts Catalog

6 Nut

• 4 Nm

Fender seal






1 Seal

• Self-adhesive.

• Remove the protective film and slide the seal onto the fender mounting flange under the wheel housing liner as illustrated.

2 Fender flange

• Slide the seal onto the fender flange between the wheel housing liner and the inside of the fender.

3 Fender

4 Wheel housing liner

End plate, removing and installing






1 Fender

2 End plate

- Remove front wheel.

- Remove the rear part from the wheel housing liner. Refer to => [ Front Wheel Housing Liner ] Front Wheel Housing Liner.

• Loosen the windshield washer fluid reservoir on the left side

- Remove the bolts - 3 -, unclip the end plate from the fender rear bracket => [ (Item 6) Rear bracket ] and slide it downward.

3 Screws

• 1.5 Nm

4 Clip

• Quantity: 2

Unclip the end plate






- Before the end plate - 1 - can be removed downward, it must first be unclipped from the bracket - arrow - for the fender - 2 -.