If you acknowledge a noise on your automobile, you are right to be careful of it and take it seriously, although it is possible that nothing critical will result, it is also possible that it is the symptom of a more important repair. A noise that appears in the trunk of your Mercedes Viano is luckily more a indicator of a small adjustment or restoration, rather than a complex one. To help you in your research, we have chosen to write this article to present you with the most likely solutions to your issue. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Mercedes Viano 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 Mercedes Viano : Built up dirt that triggers poor closing
>
We will therefore begin with a trunk noise on your Mercedes Viano caused 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 priority or that the roads used are not very clean that dirt accumulates 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 situation, open the trunk of your Mercedes Viano, examine 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 possible however that you have a trunk noise on your Mercedes Viano that is linked to other origins such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to have a look to this article on the noises at the back of a Mercedes Viano.
Noise in the trunk of my Mercedes Viano : 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 potential possibilities. In fact, knowing a trunk noise on your Mercedes Viano is very frequently linked to this issue. Different solutions are existing 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 appropriate to solve the trouble. 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 case you would have to take out the cover that allows 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. Don’t forget to verify the centering of the striker in regards to the trunk lock. If after checking the trunk of your Mercedes Viano closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, replicate the operation by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Mercedes Viano : Rivet following plate change in the trunk/ bumper
Finally, one of the last possibilities. It is that following a license plate change you were unfortunate and that a piece of rivet fell at the rear of your plate. In fact, when a plate swap is made, to take out the old one the technique used is to drill the existing rivets in order to released 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 Mercedes Viano 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 case, 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 case, you will have to take out the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
