stock rear bumper

[Humvee21]

I've looked real hard to see if mine is uneven. I can't tell really. According to this picture though, it seems it's uneven. Still can't tell in person.

 

[nold]

Thanks Humvee

 

[Zach]

Bringing this back up. I noticed something was off with my rear bumper the day after I picked it up new from the dealership. Between the time I picked it up and the time I noticed the crookedness, it was only parked inside my garage and there was no chance anything impacted it. The left side of the bumper looks pushed in about a half inch toward the middle, and the right side is angled down more than the left.

I removed the bumper from the hitch structure that bolts to the frame, whereupon it was clearly obvious that the hitch member is not symmetrical. There bumper bolts to extremely thick stamped steel pieces that the hitch crossbeam is welded to. The stamped pieces were just made wrong, somehow. They are made from super thick steel, but the bumper is made from very thin sheet metal. There's no possible way that you could bend those thick hitch plates without completely mangling the rear bumper in the process. There's no evidence of any kind of impact anywhere on the bumper.

I'm having the dealership look at it on Monday. I'm nervous that they will try to tell me "oh somebody must have hit you when you were parked somewhere, sorry". We'll see...

Has anybody else gotten a crooked rear bumper on a new truck?

 

[thefracdaddy]

When I picked up my brand new 2013 the bumper was completely out of alignment. I didnt realize it until the day after I picked it up. 1 day in the shop and they got it all fixed up.

 

[Krab]

just called the dealership about the my rear bumper slightly off, they told me to bring the truck in so they can allign the bumper. not really sure if its worth the hassle.

From my experiences with the dealer, you bring your truck in for one problem and you leave with a new one in the form of a dent or a scratch. That's just me though. And my by bumper was off before I was read ended as well. As a matter of fact, my work f-150 also has a slight alignment issue with the rear bumper too.

 

[Zach]

From my experiences with the dealer, you bring your truck in for one problem and you leave with a new one in the form of a dent or a scratch. That's just me though.

That's what my concern was. The dealer referred me to their body shop. I took it in to have them look at it, but ended up not having them do anything. Their plan was to try to pull one of the tabs where the bumper bolts to out to align it. However, those tabs are part of the hitch receiver assembly and they're extremely heavy steel. Too may other things could get bent pulling on that.

I'm pretty confident I'll be able to fix it myself with shims and maybe enlarging one or two holes. I have greater peace of mind working on it myself.