FabFours Premium Rear Bumper on 3rd Gen

First off this is a really nice bumper. If you don't have Blind Spot Monitoring and Rear Cross Traffic Sonar I would highly recommend it. That being said I purchased the bumper (through 4WheelParts.com) based on Fabfours.com website and installation documentation (pages 6 and 9 in their documentation) stating it would work with BSM (it doesn't). The truck now throws constant error codes in the dash display and stereo system display. You can clear them but they come back within 5-10 seconds which is VERY annoying. Another issue is my 2017 Toyota Tacoma DCSB TRD Off Road came with the trailer package. The site and documentation states this will work with the stock receiver. A support call to FabFours.com got me a response of "this bumper doesn't work with BSM" and "the trailer wiring worked on the Tundra"....Technically it does but not without modifying the stock wiring harness. The trailer plug receptacle has been moved from the stock location on this bumper and the trailer wiring is easily 3" to short now. It requires removing all the frame clip connections on the wiring harness (for about five feet under the vehicle) to get enough slack to be able to barely connect the wiring harness. I will be returning the bumper to 4Wheelparts.com today and either going back to the stock bumper or waiting until more manufacturers start creating truly BSM/Rear Cross Traffic Sonar bumpers. Hopefully this review will save you the pain/money of purchasing this bumper, if you have the technology package on your 3rd Gen, and finding out it doesn't work.

 

I should mention that in the first photo that is the stock metal bumper...all 6 lbs of it above the FabFours premium bumper..all 110 lbs of it. The lower photo shows the BSM sensor which requires unrestricted "view" to function correctly.

 

Thanks for the info.

Really disappointed to hear blatantly incorrect advertising on FabFour's part. I can only imagine your frustration.