If you pay attention to a noise on your car, you are right to be aware of it and take it seriously, although it is plausible that nothing critical will occur, it is also plausible that it is the signal of a more critical fix. A noise that occurs in the trunk of your Volvo XC90 is luckily more a indication of a small manipulation or repair, rather than a complicated one. To help you in your research, we have decided to compose this content to present you with the most likely solutions to your trouble. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Volvo XC90 can come from built up dirt, the trouble can also come from a loose lock and finally, it can even come from a simple rivet that sits inside your bumper.
Noise in the trunk Volvo XC90 : Accumulated dirt that causes poor closing
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We will therefore begin with a trunk noise on your Volvo XC90 created by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. Indeed, it is plausible that on a car that is already a few years old and whose cleaning is not always a priority or that the roads used are not very clean that dirt builds up at the trunk gasket. This trouble causes a poor closure of the trunk and a noise that can sound like a crack. To check if you are in this condition, open the trunk of your Volvo XC90, examine the condition of the gasket that runs around the entire tailgate and clean it with a wet/soap cloth, dry the whole thing and try to close the trunk and take a dentred road to see the improvement. If this is not the case, continue to the other hypotheses that will probably give a solution. It is plausible however that you have a trunk noise on your Volvo XC90 that is linked to other origins such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to read this content on the noises at the back of a Volvo XC90.
Noise in the trunk of my Volvo XC90 : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second probability, you may also, over time, encounter a locking system that became loose. And this is one of the most probably alternatives. Indeed, knowing a trunk noise on your Volvo XC90 is very often linked to this trouble. Different solutions are available to you according to the level of play you have with your lock. The first is that occasionally the offset is minimal and a simple greasing of the system with thick grease is sufficient to eliminate the trouble. Secondly, it is also plausible that you really have a lot of play on your lock and that each time the trunk “jumps”, in which case you would have to take out the cover that enables access to the lock (inside the trunk). Then, using torx screws, you unscrew the striker attached to the threshold, just push it back a little towards the inside of the trunk and tighten it again. Be sure you check the centering of the striker in regards to the trunk lock. If after verifying the trunk of your Volvo XC90 closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, replicate the procedure by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Volvo XC90 : Rivet following plate change in the trunk/ bumper
Finally, one of the last possibilities. It is that following a license plate change you were unfortunate and that a piece of rivet fell behind your plate. Indeed, when a plate replacement is made, to take off the old one the process used is to drill the existing rivets to be able to release the license plate. Unfortunately, it can happen that part of the rivet falls into the hole of the bumper and it will therefore wander inside the bumper and can trigger an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Volvo XC90 linked to a rivet, you will need to check that it is in the tailgate open it and stir it to specify the noise. If this is your case, you will have to remove the linings from the trunk to remove it. Finally, if it is your bumper, it is in this rarer and more embarrassing case, you will have to take off the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
