Anyone else notice that the rear bumper on their V-wagon sticks out on the sides? Both sides of my rear bumper, where it comes to a point under the tail light, poke out a bit. It's flexible urethane, so I can push on it and it flexes into normal position. But its resting state is sticking out 1/4". Sigh.
Mine does too, left side only, about 1/8" I used my wife's Mega-Hairdryer to heat it up, and pushed it back flush. Lasted about a day until it worked it's way back out again...
I apologize for the rear bumper sticking out on the sides. I understand how this can be annoying for everyone and I am sorry for those who went to the dealer and are choosing to live with it. If anyone has concerns or issues they would like to further discuss, please private message me!
For me at least, I understand it may be a design flaw and not something the dealer can fix. That's why I decided not to complain about it. All of the CTS-V's I saw at my dealer have the same issue.
I would rather just leave it alone, really don't notice at all. I would be more worried taking it to a dealer and being made worse, bumper scratched, etc. you know what I mean.
Same here, both sides. The amount of protrusion does seem to fluctuate with temperature changes. It seems odd on this caliber of car but it is what it is. Old style GM fit and finish is not totally gone.
Yeah, my rear bumper doesn't quite align with the quarterpanels either. It's basically flush at the lower end and protrudes slightly at the upper end, a little more on one side than the other.
I don't know that GM has ever gotten good alignment on any car in this area. It's probably an old-GM thing.
Thanks everyone for the comments. Now I know it's a manufacturer issue. Since I bought a used cts, i was worried that the bumper was removed and fixed for whatever reason and put back on.
Same here.....passenger side of rear bumper is not flush with quarter panel. Sticks out maybe 3/16. I'll have to take a picture with a ruler. Other side is flush.
Yeah, I'll post this here just as a data-point if Caddy is paying attention. Add mine to the list of those with rear bumper askew. Basically, my view on this stuff is if it's neither performance nor safety oriented, I ignore it. Shouldn't have to, but I do. Did the same on my Audi S8 (which I sold for the V-wagon with NO regrets). It's amazing how we all choose to just look the other way on fit and finish issues and the other deficiencies of the V because (for most of us, at least) it does what it was designed to do brilliantly.
P.S. One thing i didn't ignore was when my shifter rod snapped - both performance AND safety oriented ;-)
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