If you detect a noise on your car, you are right to be concerned of it and take it seriously, although it is plausible that nothing critical will occur, it is also plausible that it is the signal of a more significant repair. A noise that happens in the trunk of your Volkswagen T-roc is fortunately more a sign of a small manipulation or service, rather than a complex one. To support you in your research, we have decided to generate this article to present you with the most likely solutions to your issue. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Volkswagen T-roc 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 Volkswagen T-roc : Accumulated dirt that triggers poor closing
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We will therefore begin with a trunk noise on your Volkswagen T-roc created by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. In fact, it is plausible that on a car 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 issue 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 Volkswagen T-roc, 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 Volkswagen T-roc that is linked to other sources such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to read this article on the noises at the back of a Volkswagen T-roc.
Noise in the trunk of my Volkswagen T-roc : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second probability, you may also, over time, encounter a locking system that has taken up some play. And this is one of the most potential alternatives. In fact, knowing a trunk noise on your Volkswagen T-roc is very frequently linked to this issue. Different solutions are available to you subject 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 sufficient to solve 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, 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 connection with the trunk lock. If after examining the trunk of your Volkswagen T-roc closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, replicate the operation by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Volkswagen T-roc : 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 at the rear of your plate. In fact, when a plate swap is done, to remove the old one the technique 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 induce an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Volkswagen T-roc linked to a rivet, you will need to verify that it is in the tailgate open it and stir it to discern 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 unpleasant situation, you will have to remove the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
