If you notice a noise on your car, you are right to be aware of it and take it seriously, although it is possible that nothing serious will results, it is also possible that it is the signal of a more significant fix. A noise that happens in the trunk of your Bmw Serie 2 F23 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 write this content to present you with the most likely solutions to your trouble. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Bmw Serie 2 F23 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 Bmw Serie 2 F23 : Accumulated dirt that triggers poor closing
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We will therefore begin with a trunk noise on your Bmw Serie 2 F23 caused 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 builds up at the trunk gasket. This trouble triggers a poor closure of the trunk and a noise that can sound like a crack. To verify if you are in this situation, open the trunk of your Bmw Serie 2 F23, 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 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 Bmw Serie 2 F23 that is connected to other sources such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to read this content on the noises at the back of a Bmw Serie 2 F23.
Noise in the trunk of my Bmw Serie 2 F23 : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second possibility, you may also, over time, knowledge a locking system that became loose. And this is one of the most likely alternatives. In fact, knowing a trunk noise on your Bmw Serie 2 F23 is very often connected to this trouble. Some solutions are existing to you according to 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 sufficient to eliminate 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 remove 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 verify the centering of the striker in relation to the trunk lock. If after looking at the trunk of your Bmw Serie 2 F23 closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, repeat the procedure by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Bmw Serie 2 F23 : Rivet following plate swap in the trunk/ bumper
Finally, one of the last possibilities. It is that following a license plate swap you were unfortunate and that a piece of rivet fell backside your plate. In fact, when a plate replacement is made, to remove the old one the procedure used is to drill the existing rivets in order to put out 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 Bmw Serie 2 F23 linked to a rivet, you will need to verify that it is in the tailgate open it and stir it to specify 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 embarrassing situation, you will have to remove the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
