My wife was reversing the Roomster to exit our drive when another car entered the service road and tried to cross behind her. The result was a collision, the impact point was the Roomster rear Bumper / the other car's driver side door. The only visible damage to the Skoda is a Black mark paint graze on the rear bumper from the other vehicle (BMW series 5), he sustained over £700 worth of damage. I have to take the Roomster to be assessed, but thinking that they may just dismiss it as a touch-up paint job. What other damage could lurk behind the bumper, there was plenty of Talc like powder coming from behind it if you just tapped it with your knuckle. I've read on here sometime in the past that owners have had trouble with their reversing sensors after similar low speed bangs. My insurers have warned me that the wife was to blame in this instance, so to expect the policy to be loaded at the next renewal. Obviously I don't want to be fobbed off with just a cosmetic touch of paint if there could be more serious issues lurking after the bumper did its job, i.e. absorbing the impact. I once hit the buffer stops driving a steam loco on greasy rails at less than 5mph! I was amazed at the damage I did in that instance!

A VW Passat (electronic handbrake ) rolled into the back of mine. Mine does not have reversing sensors and I saw no talcum powder. The Roomie needed a new bumper (see pic) but there was no structural or other major damage. Fortunately, the Passat weighed a bit less than a steam loco

If the damage to yours is only cosmetic, then I guess there is nothing to worry about. HTH

Had it inspected today, they used a tiny fibre optic camera to poke it behind the bumper moulding and could see no obvious damage. So the plan is to remove the bumper anyway, because it is easier to work on, and visually check the mounts. A suggestion for the "powder" was debris left after fitting reversing sensors! The holes are always a tight fit, maybe they were eased with a very fine file and the dust has clung in the cavity since it was first assembled. His comment was, "if you are going to hit anything, that spot on the bumper is the optimum place because it is most flexible right in the middle. I always thought that BMW's were built like Centurian Tanks, but the impact has certainly buckled the 3rd parties door! The next driving day is coming up soon, I must remember not to lock the brakes up approaching the buffers!

Thanks for information

Peter

A VW Passat (electronic handbrake ) rolled into the back of mine. Mine does not have reversing sensors and I saw no talcum powder. The Roomie needed a new bumper (see pic) but there was no structural or other major damage. Fortunately, the Passat weighed a bit less than a steam loco

If the damage to yours is only cosmetic, then I guess there is nothing to worry about. HTH

A VW Passat (electronic handbrake ) rolled into the back of mine. Mine does not have reversing sensors and I saw no talcum powder. The Roomie needed a new bumper (see pic) but there was no structural or other major damage. Fortunately, the Passat weighed a bit less than a steam loco

If the damage to yours is only cosmetic, then I guess there is nothing to worry about. HTH

First of all I must say that this is very unpleasant situation and I am really sorry. Ιf I were you i'd give it a try to fix it myself following the myth (who knows?) of hair dryer and air duster (frozen carbon dioxide). I'll give you a couple of links at youtube, but try it at your own risk, since I never tried it.

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Personal Story.

Last summer my brother was trying to reverse on a very narrow gravel road. While turning he crashed his 2006 Seat Ibiza on a rock and he gained exactly the same kind of dent as yours, but on the right size of his rear bumper. He got mad and he was yelling and cursing. After that we went home for lunch. No lunch for him though. At 18:00 I heard him screaming "MIRACLE, LOOK WHAT THE F**K" YOOO HOOOO and many many others. The car was for several hours parked out exposed to the sun and the dent just disappeared. He was unable to understand how such a major dent disappeared, but I am pretty sure that happened due to expansion - contraction phenomenon.

Bumpers are made of plastic and are easy to fix. For the dent right above the bumper try the same trick or try a cheap dent removal tool. At least they are good for dents caused by hale.

Different car but on my astra estate I parked it in Matalans car park and on returning my bumper was pushed in like yours. I boiled 2 kettles (same one twice) poured it over the area and got a thick piece of wood behind and managed to pull it back into shape. Wasn't a showroom perfect finish but better than it being pushed in.