If you identify a noise on your car, you are right to be attentive of it and take it seriously, although it is possible that nothing serious will happen, it is also possible that it is the sign of a more critical restoration. A noise that shows up in the trunk of your PORSCHE BOXSTER is thankfully more a signal of a small adjustment or repair, rather than a difficult one. To help you in your research, we have chosen to produce this content to present you with the most likely solutions to your issue. First we will see that this trunk noise on your PORSCHE BOXSTER can come from accumulated 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 PORSCHE BOXSTER : Built up dirt that causes poor closing
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We will therefore start with a trunk noise on your PORSCHE BOXSTER generated by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. Indeed, it is possible 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 accumulates 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 condition, open the trunk of your PORSCHE BOXSTER, verify the state 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 possible however that you have a trunk noise on your PORSCHE BOXSTER that is related to other origins such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to read this content on the noises at the back of a PORSCHE BOXSTER.
Noise in the trunk of my PORSCHE BOXSTER : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second possibility, you may also, over time, encounter 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 PORSCHE BOXSTER is very frequently related to this issue. Some 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 system with thick grease is sufficient to fix 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 strip off the cover that permits 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. Remember to verify the centering of the striker in relation to the trunk lock. If after examining the trunk of your PORSCHE BOXSTER closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, replicate the operation by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk PORSCHE BOXSTER : 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 replacement is done, to remove the old one the technique used is to drill the existing rivets to be able to put out 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 induce an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your PORSCHE BOXSTER 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 embarrassing situation, you will have to remove the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
