Volvo XC60 R DESIGN Rear Bumper Genuine 31689246

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About part number 31689246

A rear bumper is an exterior body component fitted to the back of a vehicle. It covers the rear structural impact beam, mounts the rear parking sensors or number plate lights where fitted, and protects the bodywork from low-speed impacts. When it is correctly fitted, the driver will notice that the rear body panels align neatly, with even panel gaps around the tailgate and light units.

To ensure this is the correct component for your vehicle, you must match the part number 31689246 directly with the number stamped on your original panel. On parts like this, the manufacturer number is usually stamped or moulded into the plastic on the inner, unseen surface. Matching this exact number is the only way to confirm correct fitment.

A rear bumper is typically replaced after being damaged in a collision, or when the mounting tabs and fixings have snapped. When replacing this panel, you will often need replacement plastic rivet clips, trim push-pins, and possibly new parking sensor brackets or reflector inserts if the existing ones cannot be transferred across.

  • Part type: Bumpers & Reinforcements.
  • Position on the vehicle: Rear.

About this kind of part: bumper covers

A bumper cover is the painted plastic skin across the front or the rear of a car. It is not a structural part. Behind it sit a foam or honeycomb absorber and a steel or aluminium reinforcement bar, and those are what take an impact. The cover carries the grille apertures, the number plate plinth and the openings for parking sensors, washer jets and tow eyes, so one model can take several different covers depending on how it was specified when new.

Why people replace one

  • A knock in a car park or a light collision has cracked or torn the plastic. A tear can be plastic-welded, but it rarely returns to a finish that will take paint without showing.
  • The paint has faded or crazed differently from the panels around it. A bumper flexes and sits low in the spray from the road, so it ages faster than a wing.
  • The mounting tabs along the top edge or inside the wheel arches have snapped, so the cover stands proud of the panel next to it.
  • An earlier repair has been filled and has begun to lift.

Fitting it

  • It is held by screws along the top edge, screws or clips inside each wheel arch, and plastic nuts underneath the car.
  • Lamps, grilles, sensors, washer jets and the number plate plinth usually move across from the old cover.
  • A cover is supplied either in primer or in the colour it was sprayed when new. A matching finish needs the paint code from the car's own identification plate.
  • Parking sensors go back into their own openings, and the trim rings around them are often specific to the colour.

Making sure it is the right one

  • Match the part number moulded into the old cover rather than matching the shape. A facelift changes the number while the outline can look almost the same.
  • Check whether the car has parking sensors. A cover with no sensor openings cannot be used on a car that has them, and drilling one is not a repair.
  • Count the openings and compare them: fog lamp apertures, the tow eye cover and any camera or washer cut-out differ between trim levels on the same model.

What to look for in the photographs

A Part number — Moulded into the inside face, usually towards one end. This is the number to match against your own cover.
B Parking sensor openings — Either a row of openings across the face or none at all. This is what decides whether the cover will fit your car.
C Upper mounting tabs — The row of tabs along the top edge that screw to the slam panel. Look for any that are cracked or missing.
D Wheel arch returns — The ends that wrap around into the wheel arches. These are the first part to crack in a knock, and the easiest to overlook.
E Lamp and grille apertures — The openings for fog lamps, the grille and any camera or sensor. Hold them against your own cover before buying.

This section describes bumper covers parts in general. The numbers and the photographs above are this part.

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Most repairs need more than one part, and these came off the same area of the vehicle. Each has its own page, which says whether we have one in stock today.

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Returns Thirty days to change your mind, and we pay the return postage in the United Kingdom and Germany.

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