If you notice a noise on your vehicle, you are right to be attentive of it and take it seriously, although it is conceivable that nothing significant will results, it is also conceivable that it is the sign of a more important restoration. A noise that appears in the trunk of your Mini Countryman 2 is fortunately more a signal of a small adjustment or restoration, rather than a complex one. To help you in your research, we have chosen to generate this content page to present you with the most likely solutions to your problem. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Mini Countryman 2 can come from built up dirt, the problem can also come from a loose lock and finally, it can even come from a simple rivet that sits inside your bumper.trunk-noise-mini-countryman-2

Noise in the trunk Mini Countryman 2 : Accumulated dirt that triggers poor closing

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We will therefore start with a trunk noise on your Mini Countryman 2 induced by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. Indeed, it is conceivable 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 builds up at the trunk gasket. This problem triggers a poor closure of the trunk and a noise that can sound like a crack. To check if you are in this scenario, open the trunk of your Mini Countryman 2, 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 conceivable however that you have a trunk noise on your Mini Countryman 2 that is relating to other sources such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to have a look to this content page on the noises at the back of a Mini Countryman 2.

Noise in the trunk of my Mini Countryman 2 : Loose lock, clicking noise

Second possibility, you may also, over time, be the victim of a locking system that became loose. And this is one of the most probably alternatives. Indeed, knowing a trunk noise on your Mini Countryman 2 is very frequently relating to this problem. Several solutions are available 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 mechanism with thick grease is sufficient to eliminate the issue. Secondly, it is also conceivable 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 strip off 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. Remember to check the centering of the striker in connection with the trunk lock. If after checking the trunk of your Mini Countryman 2 closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, replicate the operation by pushing the striker less.

Noise in my trunk Mini Countryman 2 : 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 behind your plate. Indeed, when a plate swap is made, to remove the old one the procedure used is to drill the existing rivets to be able to put out 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 trigger an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Mini Countryman 2 linked to a rivet, you will need to check 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.