If you notice a noise on your vehicle, you are right to be concerned of it and take it seriously, although it is possible that nothing significant will results, it is also possible that it is the sign of a more critical restoration. A noise that occurs in the trunk of your Peugeot 4008 is fortunately more a indicator of a small manipulation or fix, rather than a complex one. To help you in your research, we have chosen to write this content to present you with the most likely solutions to your issue. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Peugeot 4008 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 Peugeot 4008 : Built up dirt that triggers poor closing
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We will therefore begin with a trunk noise on your Peugeot 4008 generated by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. Indeed, it is possible that on a vehicle 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 collects 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 Peugeot 4008, check 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 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 Peugeot 4008 that is connected to other origins such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to consult this content on the noises at the back of a Peugeot 4008.
Noise in the trunk of my Peugeot 4008 : 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 potential possibilities. Indeed, knowing a trunk noise on your Peugeot 4008 is very often connected to this issue. Several solutions are existing to you depending on the level of play you have with your lock. The first is that in some cases the offset is minimal and a simple greasing of the system with thick grease is enough 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 circumstance 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. Make sure to verify the centering of the striker in relation to the trunk lock. If after verifying the trunk of your Peugeot 4008 closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, repeat the operation by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Peugeot 4008 : 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 behind your plate. Indeed, when a plate change is done, to take off the old one the process used is to drill the existing rivets in order 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 trigger an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Peugeot 4008 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 take out the linings from the trunk to remove it. Finally, if it is your bumper, it is in this rarer and more embarrassing case, you will have to take off the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
