If you notice a noise on your vehicle, you are right to be careful of it and take it seriously, although it is plausible that nothing significant will result, it is also plausible that it is the indication of a more significant repair. A noise that happens in the trunk of your Nissan Juke is luckily more a signal of a small correction or restoration, rather than a complex one. To support you in your research, we have decided to produce this article to present you with the most likely solutions to your issue. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Nissan Juke 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 Nissan Juke : Built up dirt that triggers poor closing
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We will therefore begin with a trunk noise on your Nissan Juke triggered by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. In fact, it is plausible that on a vehicle 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 collects at the trunk gasket. This issue triggers a poor closure of the trunk and a noise that can sound like a crack. To check if you are in this circumstance, open the trunk of your Nissan Juke, check 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 difference. 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 Nissan Juke that is relating to other sources such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to consult this article on the noises at the back of a Nissan Juke.
Noise in the trunk of my Nissan Juke : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second possibility, you may also, over time, experience a locking system that became loose. And this is one of the most likely alternatives. In fact, knowing a trunk noise on your Nissan Juke is very frequently relating to this issue. Some solutions are available to you depending on the level of play you have with your lock. The first is that sometimes the offset is minimal and a simple greasing of the mechanism with thick grease is appropriate to eliminate the problem. 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 circumstance you would have to remove the cover that enables 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 check the centering of the striker in regards to the trunk lock. If after checking out the trunk of your Nissan Juke closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, repeat the process by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Nissan Juke : 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 at the rear of your plate. In fact, when a plate change is made, to remove the old one the strategy used is to drill the existing rivets to be able to released the license plate. Sadly, 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 create an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Nissan Juke linked to a rivet, you will need to check that it is in the tailgate open it and stir it to distinguish the noise. If this is your situation, 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 problematic situation, you will have to remove the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
