E Class Front Parking Sensors

[Hollister]

Hi Everyone,
I am new to the site and this is my first post.
Can anyone advise me on how to get access to the front parking sensors on my 2005 E Class saloon. One of them is loose and has dropped back into the bumper, I can still see it but can't work out how to gain access to it to see if can be refitted. Any advice would be much appreciated.

 

[colechelle]

welcome, the strip that the sensors are fitted into pulls out from the wheel side and on the bend around the bumper, real pig to remove!!!

 

[Hollister]

Sensors

Thanks for the quick reply. It's the sensor next to the front number plate, will I have to take the whole strip off and should I prise it out with a screwdriver or similar?

 

[colechelle]

From memory, the whole strip comes off, been a while sence doing one, as i said thou, can be a pig!!

 

[Hollister]

Thanks again for the info.Anyone got any tips for removing it, I'm worried that I'm going to break it trying!

 

[stumpy]

Try heating it up with a hair dryer to make the clips a bit more forgiving.