If you notice a noise on your vehicle, you are right to be aware of it and take it seriously, although it is plausible that nothing critical will results, it is also plausible that it is the symptom of a more significant fix. A noise that appears in the trunk of your Citroen C-zero is thankfully more a indication of a small adjustment or fix, rather than a difficult one. To help you in your research, we have decided to write this content page to present you with the most likely solutions to your issue. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Citroen C-zero can come from built up 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 Citroen C-zero : Accumulated dirt that causes poor closing
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We will therefore start with a trunk noise on your Citroen C-zero induced 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 top priority or that the roads used are not very clean that dirt collects at the trunk gasket. This issue causes a poor closure of the trunk and a noise that can sound like a crack. To verify if you are in this scenario, open the trunk of your Citroen C-zero, 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 plausible however that you have a trunk noise on your Citroen C-zero that is relating to other origins such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to read this content page on the noises at the back of a Citroen C-zero.
Noise in the trunk of my Citroen C-zero : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second probability, you may also, over time, knowledge 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 Citroen C-zero is very frequently relating to this issue. Several solutions are available to you according 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 enough to solve 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 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, simply push it back a little towards the inside of the trunk and tighten it again. Make sure to verify the centering of the striker in relation to the trunk lock. If after examining the trunk of your Citroen C-zero closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, duplicate the process by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Citroen C-zero : 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. In fact, when a plate change is done, to take off the old one the technique used is to drill the existing rivets to be able 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 provoke an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Citroen C-zero 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 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 problematic case, you will have to take off the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
