Ford Ka+ Front Bumper: Fitment, Sensors & Common Damage

Water ingress behind the bumper is a genuine, well-documented Ford weak point on the Ka+'s parking sensors — try a clean before anything else.

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OEM Part Number: confirm via VIN — front bumper (aftermarket) Prasco FD0101001 / Van Wezel 1813574

Accuracy note: Covers the Ford Ka+ (2016-2019) as listed in the UK aftermarket catalogues. A front bumper is a body-coloured plastic skin, so what you buy is a primed cover that still needs painting to your paint code, and the right one depends on body style, trim, facelift date and the holes moulded into it for parking sensors, fog lights, headlamp washers or a tow eye cover. A cover without the right holes cannot be drilled accurately at home. The references below are UK aftermarket catalogue listings for this generation, labelled by brand with the fitment details the catalogue gives; carmakers rarely publish the genuine number against these, so order a genuine cover against your VIN if you want a guaranteed match. The splitters, outer sections and trims listed separately are the parts most often sold on their own after a car-park knock.

Front bumper covers (aftermarket)	Prasco FD0101001 (primed); Van Wezel 1813574 (primed); Van Wezel 1877574 (primed, with tow eye cover hole); Diederichs 1462050 (primed, with tow eye cover hole); Diederichs 1462150 (primed, facelift)
Splitters, outer sections & trims	None listed separately
Genuine (OE) numbers quoted	None quoted in the catalogue listings — the genuine cover varies by body style, trim, parking sensors and fog lights, so order it against your VIN
Fitment notes	Match body style, trim, facelift date and the holes for parking sensors, fog lights and washer jets; covers come primed and need painting to your paint code before fitting.

Parking Sensor Faults Are Often About Water, Not a Genuine Failure — Ford Ka+ Front Bumper

If your Ka+'s parking sensors have stopped working — commonly showing as a constantly flashing button on the dash, or a beep that doesn't correspond to any real proximity warning — water getting into the sensors or the parking aid control module behind the bumper is a genuinely well-documented Ford weak point, not a rare or unusual fault. Before assuming the worst, it's worth trying the simple fix first: cleaning the sensors themselves and gently drying any moisture from around the bumper mounting points, since this alone resolves a meaningful share of these cases without any parts needing replacement.

Realistic cost expectations if it's genuinely a failed module: a specific fault code — B1299 (Power Supply Sensor Circuit Short To Ground) — has been documented on affected Fords, typically pointing to a failed parking aid control module rather than the sensors themselves. UK repair costs for parking sensor faults average in the £110-155 range according to national repair comparison data, though a full control module replacement can run higher — one documented case cost just over £300 once traced to the module specifically.

Ford Ka+ Front Bumper: More Than Just a Plastic Panel

The Ford Ka+'s front bumper routinely integrates parking sensors, adaptive cruise control radar, and fog light housings, which means replacing it after even minor impact damage often involves more than a straightforward swap.

Before you buy: bumper specification varies significantly by trim, particularly around parking sensor cutouts, radar mounting points and fog light provisions. Always confirm against your VIN before ordering.

Ford Ka+ Front Bumper: Watch: Replacing It

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Ford Ka+ Front Bumper: What It Does

Beyond absorbing minor impacts, the front bumper on higher trims of the Ka+ often houses parking sensors, the radar sensor used for adaptive cruise control, and fog lights. A bumper that looks compatible can still be missing the correct cutouts or mounting provisions for your specific trim's equipment.

Ford Ka+ Front Bumper: Generations, Derivatives & Colour

Standard trims	Frozen White, Panther Black, Race Red, Moondust Silver
Black and White Editions	A genuine limited-run pairing Midnight Black with Crystal White (or vice versa) in contrasting body/roof/mirror combinations, with unique Pearl White-detailed seats — not available as a mix-and-match option on standard trims

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Ford Ka+ Front Bumper: Common Damage, DIY Difficulty & Aftermarket Advice

These are the same regardless of make or model — see our full Front Bumper Guide for common damage types to check for, confirming fitment against your VIN, and the sensor-calibration risk with cheap aftermarket covers.

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