If you identify a noise on your vehicle, you are right to be careful of it and take it seriously, although it is possible that nothing serious will result, it is also possible that it is the symptom of a more critical repair. A noise that happens in the trunk of your Audi Q3 is fortunately more a indication of a small correction or service, rather than a complex one. To help you in your research, we have chosen to produce this article to present you with the most likely solutions to your trouble. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Audi Q3 can come from accumulated 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 Audi Q3 : Built up dirt that triggers poor closing
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We will therefore start with a trunk noise on your Audi Q3 triggered by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. Indeed, it is possible that on a vehicle that is already a few years old and whose cleaning is not always a top priority or that the roads used are not very clean that dirt accumulates at the trunk gasket. This trouble triggers a poor closure of the trunk and a noise that can sound like a crack. To examine if you are in this circumstance, open the trunk of your Audi Q3, check the state of the gasket that goes 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 impact. If this is not the case, continue to the other hypotheses that will probably give a solution. It is possible however that you have a trunk noise on your Audi Q3 that is relating to other origins such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to consult this article on the noises at the back of a Audi Q3.
Noise in the trunk of my Audi Q3 : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second possibility, you may also, over time, encounter a locking system that has taken up some play. And this is one of the most probably alternatives. Indeed, knowing a trunk noise on your Audi Q3 is very frequently relating to this trouble. Several solutions are existing to you according to the level of play you have with your lock. The first is that in some cases the offset is minimal and a simple greasing of the system with thick grease is sufficient to resolve the issue. Secondly, it is also possible that you really have a lot of play on your lock and that each time the trunk “jumps”, in which circumstance you would have to take off the cover that allows access to the lock (inside the trunk). Then, using torx screws, you unscrew the striker attached to the threshold, simply push it back a little towards the inside of the trunk and tighten it again. Don’t forget to examine the centering of the striker in relation to the trunk lock. If after checking the trunk of your Audi Q3 closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, duplicate the procedure by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Audi Q3 : Rivet following plate swap in the trunk/ bumper
Finally, one of the last possibilities. It is that following a license plate swap you were unlucky and that a piece of rivet fell backside your plate. Indeed, when a plate replacement is made, to take off the old one the process used is to drill the existing rivets in order 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 cause an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Audi Q3 linked to a rivet, you will need to examine that it is in the tailgate open it and stir it to define the noise. If this is your situation, you will have to take out the linings from the trunk to remove it. Finally, if it is your bumper, it is in this rarer and more disturbing situation, you will have to take off the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
