How To Replace Lower Grille 2009-12 Chevy Traverse
Created on: 2014-01-17
Watch this video for step-by-step instructions on how to remove and replace the lower front grille on your 09-12 Chevy Traverse.
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step 1 :Removing the Bumper Cover
- Pry the clips out of the hood shroud with a flat blade screwdriver or pliers
- Pull up the ends of the hood cowl weatherstrip
- Pull off the hood shroud
- Remove the T20 Torx bolts from the top of the bumper cover
- Remove the 7mm bolt in each wheel well
- Remove the Two T20 bolts in each wheel well
- Remove the T20 bolts underneath each side of the bumper
- Remove the 10mm bolt under each side of the bumper
- Pull the bumper cover out with an assistant
- Disconnect the parking light wiring harnesses
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step 2 :Removing the Grille
- Push in the grille tabs with a flat blade screwdriver
- Pull the grille out of the bumper cover
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step 3 :Installing the New Grille
- Push the new grille into the bumper cover
- Push in the grille clips
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step 4 :Reinstalling the Bumper Cover
- Lift the bumper cover into place with an assistant
- Connect the parking light wiring harnesses
- Push in the bumper cover
- Push in the bumper cover clips
- Insert the T20 bolts into the top of the bumper cover
- Put the hood shroud into place
- Clip the weatherstrip on
- Insert the plastic clips into the hood shroud
- Insert the T20 bolts underneath each side of the bumper
- Insert the 10mm bolt under each side of the bumper
- Insert the 7mm bolt in each wheel well
- Insert the Two T20 bolts in each wheel well
Tools needed
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Flat Blade Screwdriver
T20 Driver
7mm Socket
10mm Socket
Ratchet
Needle nose pliers
Assistant
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In this video, we're going to show you how to replace the lower grille on this 2012 Chevy Traverse. The items you'll need for that are a flat blade screw driver, a pair of pliers, 7mm and 10mm sockets and ratchet and a T20 Torx bit.
You want to start off by removing the series of clips in the shroud. To remove these clips, just pry up the center and pull the center out and the bottom just pops right out. Another option is pry up the center and then use these pliers to just pull the center out, and then, again, the button just pops right off. Pull up the ends of your weatherstrip, and now, that shroud should pull right up and off. Next, you want to remove these series of T20 bolts along the top of your bumper and we're just going to fast forward as Don removes these. In your wheel-well, there's a 7mm bolt right here. Just go ahead and remove that, and we'll fast forward as Don does this, and you want to do this on both sides of the vehicle. Now, you want to remove these two T20s in the wheel-well, and then, down here, you want to remove these series of T20s, as well as this 10mm bolt right here. You want to do the same thing on the other side as well. With the help from someone else .it's not necessary but it definitely does help ., you just want to pull the bumper cover out, and you want to start by pulling it out from the sides of the fender and then pulling it straight out. Then you want to disconnect the harnesses on the back of your lights and just push the tab and pull the harnesses free.
On the back of your bumper cover, you'll see right here on your grille, you just push those tabs in. You want to do that for each one and then pry it up over those red hooks and we'll fast forward as Don and Mike do this. Once you've got all of them, the grille will pull right off.
Take your new grille and push it down into place and just go around and make sure that each clip has re-clipped.
To re-install your bumper cover, again, it helps to have two people here. First, reconnect your lights by plugging the harnesses back in, and then, line up your bumper cover and push it into place, and just hit it in the sides to reactive the clips. We'll just fast forward here as Don replaces the bolts along the top. Put the shroud back in place and re-clip your weatherstrip into it and then just replace those clips. To re-install these clips, you want to pull up the center, and then, you want to just push them into place and then you just push the center down to lock. We'll just fast forward as Don does the rest of these, and also, replaces the T20s underneath the bumper as well as that 7mm bolt in the wheel-well and the 10mm bolt underneath the bumper. Then, replace those T20s in the wheel-well.
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