Fiat 500 (Petrol) Rear Bumper: Fitment, Sensors & Common Damage
On the classic petrol 500, directly splicing towbar wiring into the car's own circuit can genuinely trigger the CAN-bus system to disable it entirely.
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OEM Part Number: confirm via VIN — rear bumper (aftermarket) Prasco FT0321071
| Rear bumper covers (aftermarket) | Prasco FT0321071 (Rear, primed, for vehicles with parking sensors); Prasco FT0301091 (Rear, primed, with holes for parking sensors); Prasco FT0301051 (Rear, primed, without holes for park assist); Prasco FT0301061 (Rear, primed, with holes for park assist); Prasco FT0301071 (Rear, primed, with holes for trim/protective strip); Prasco FT0301081 (Rear, primed, with holes for trim/protective strip, with holes for parking sensors) |
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| Lower sections, corners & trims | None listed separately |
| Genuine (OE) numbers quoted | None quoted in the catalogue listings — the genuine cover varies by body style, parking sensors and tow bar, so order it against your VIN |
| Fitment notes | Match body style, facelift date and the holes for parking sensors or exhaust trims; covers come primed and need painting to your paint code before fitting. |
A Genuinely Important Technical Warning Worth Knowing Before Wiring a Towbar — Fiat 500 (Petrol) Rear Bumper
If you're fitting towbar electrics yourself, this is genuinely important: the proper OEM approach uses individual signal wires for each function specifically to avoid the car's CAN-bus system detecting an electrical overload. Directly splicing a trailer light circuit into the car's own wiring risks the car's own computer disabling that circuit entirely, rather than the trailer simply failing to work.
It's also genuinely worth knowing that reversing sensors are generally unaffected by towbar fitting, but the towball cover, if positioned even slightly askew, can trigger a false sensor warning.
Fiat 500 (Petrol) Rear Bumper: Watch: Replacing It
The sequence is much the same on this generation: wheel-arch liner screws, the fixings along the boot aperture and under the lower edge, then unclip each corner from the wing and unplug any sensor loom before the cover comes away.
Fiat 500 (Petrol) Rear Bumper: More Than Just a Plastic Panel
The Fiat 500 (Petrol)'s rear bumper routinely integrates parking sensors, a reversing camera housing and sometimes exhaust trim finishers, which means replacing it after even minor kerb damage often involves more than a straightforward swap.
Fiat 500 (Petrol) Rear Bumper: What It Does
Beyond absorbing minor impacts, the rear bumper on higher trims of the 500 (Petrol) often houses parking sensors, a reversing camera, and sometimes integrated exhaust finishers. A bumper that looks compatible can still be missing the correct cutouts or wiring provisions for your specific trim's equipment.
Fiat 500 (Petrol) Rear Bumper: Generations & Colour
| All generations | Bossa Nova White (the only no-cost colour, and the only solid white — a genuinely creamy off-white, not the crisp white some buyers expect), Pasodoble Red, Rock 'n' Roll Blue, Funk White (a pearlescent, different white to Bossa Nova) |
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| Colour-matching note | Bossa Nova White has documented, genuine colour-matching difficulty after a respray — owner forum accounts describe bumpers coming back a visibly different shade even from official Fiat-supplied paint, so confirm your exact paint code (268 or 268/A) via VIN before ordering |
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Fiat 500 (Petrol) Rear Bumper: Common Damage, DIY Difficulty & Aftermarket Advice
These are the same regardless of make or model — see our full Rear Bumper Guide for common damage types, confirming fitment (body style and sensor equipment matter here), and OEM vs aftermarket guidance.
More Fiat Rear Bumper
The same part, covered across other Fiat models.