If you pay attention to a noise on your automobile, you are right to be attentive of it and take it seriously, although it is possible that nothing significant will result, it is also possible that it is the signal of a more critical fix. A noise that shows up in the trunk of your volvo xc70 is thankfully more a sign of a small adjustment or repair, rather than a complicated one. To support you in your research, we have chosen to produce this content page to present you with the most likely solutions to your trouble. First we will see that this trunk noise on your volvo xc70 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 volvo xc70 : Accumulated dirt that triggers poor closing
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We will therefore begin with a trunk noise on your volvo xc70 triggered by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. In fact, it is possible that on a automobile 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 trouble triggers a poor closure of the trunk and a noise that can sound like a crack. To check if you are in this circumstance, open the trunk of your volvo xc70, verify the state 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 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 volvo xc70 that is related to other origins such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to have a look to this content page on the noises at the back of a volvo xc70.
Noise in the trunk of my volvo xc70 : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second probability, you may also, over time, be the victim of a locking system that became loose. And this is one of the most potential alternatives. In fact, knowing a trunk noise on your volvo xc70 is very frequently related to this trouble. Several solutions are available 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 enough 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 take out 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. Make sure to check the centering of the striker in relation to the trunk lock. If after looking at the trunk of your volvo xc70 closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, duplicate the process by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk volvo xc70 : 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 at the rear of your plate. In fact, when a plate swap is made, to remove the old one the technique used is to drill the existing rivets in order 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 cause an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your volvo xc70 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 case, 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 disturbing case, you will have to remove the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
