If you find a noise on your car, you are right to be concerned of it and take it seriously, although it is possible that nothing critical will result, it is also possible that it is the indication of a more significant repair. A noise that shows up in the trunk of your BMW 2 Series is thankfully more a sign of a small manipulation or service, rather than a complicated one. To support you in your research, we have decided to generate this content page to present you with the most likely solutions to your issue. First we will see that this trunk noise on your BMW 2 Series can come from accumulated dirt, the issue 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 BMW 2 Series : Accumulated dirt that causes poor closing
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We will therefore begin with a trunk noise on your BMW 2 Series generated by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. In fact, it is possible that on a car that is already a few years old and whose cleaning is not always a main concern or that the roads used are not very clean that dirt accumulates at the trunk gasket. This issue causes a poor closure of the trunk and a noise that can sound like a crack. To examine if you are in this situation, open the trunk of your BMW 2 Series, examine the condition 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 improvement. 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 BMW 2 Series that is connected to other sources such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to consult this content page on the noises at the back of a BMW 2 Series.
Noise in the trunk of my BMW 2 Series : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second probability, you may also, over time, be the victim of a locking system that has taken up some play. And this is one of the most potential possibilities. In fact, knowing a trunk noise on your BMW 2 Series is very frequently connected to this issue. Different solutions are available to you subject to the level of play you have with your lock. The first is that oftentimes the offset is minimal and a simple greasing of the system with thick grease is appropriate to eliminate the trouble. 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 case you would have to take out the cover that allows 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. Remember to examine the centering of the striker in connection with the trunk lock. If after checking out the trunk of your BMW 2 Series closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, duplicate the procedure by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk BMW 2 Series : 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 at the rear of your plate. In fact, when a plate change is done, to take out the old one the strategy used is to drill the existing rivets in order to released 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 induce an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your BMW 2 Series linked to a rivet, you will need to examine that it is in the tailgate open it and stir it to discern the noise. If this is your case, 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 case, you will have to take out the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
