If you acknowledge a noise on your vehicle, you are right to be concerned of it and take it seriously, although it is plausible that nothing critical will happen, it is also plausible that it is the indication of a more significant restoration. A noise that shows up in the trunk of your Renault Megane is thankfully more a indication of a small adjustment or fix, rather than a complicated one. To support 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 Renault Megane 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 Renault Megane : Accumulated dirt that triggers poor closing
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We will therefore begin with a trunk noise on your Renault Megane triggered by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. Indeed, 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 trouble triggers a poor closure of the trunk and a noise that can sound like a crack. To verify if you are in this circumstance, open the trunk of your Renault Megane, 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 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 Renault Megane that is related to other sources such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to read this content on the noises at the back of a Renault Megane.
Noise in the trunk of my Renault Megane : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second possibility, you may also, over time, experience a locking system that has taken up some play. And this is one of the most probably possibilities. Indeed, knowing a trunk noise on your Renault Megane is very frequently related to this trouble. Some solutions are available to you depending on the level of play you have with your lock. The first is that occasionally the offset is minimal and a simple greasing of the system with thick grease is appropriate to fix the trouble. 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 case you would have to remove the cover that will allow 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 verify the centering of the striker in relation to the trunk lock. If after checking the trunk of your Renault Megane closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, replicate the process by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Renault Megane : Rivet following plate change in the trunk/ bumper
Finally, one of the last possibilities. It is that following a license plate change you were unlucky and that a piece of rivet fell at the rear of your plate. Indeed, when a plate replacement is done, to remove the old one the procedure used is to drill the existing rivets to be able to release 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 Renault Megane linked to a rivet, you will need to verify that it is in the tailgate open it and stir it to distinguish 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 unpleasant situation, you will have to remove the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
