If you pay attention to a noise on your vehicle, you are right to be aware of it and take it seriously, although it is plausible that nothing critical will result, it is also plausible that it is the sign of a more significant restoration. A noise that comes out in the trunk of your Audi A1 is thankfully more a signal of a small correction or fix, rather than a difficult one. To support you in your research, we have chosen to generate this content to present you with the most likely solutions to your problem. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Audi A1 can come from accumulated dirt, the problem 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 Audi A1 : Accumulated dirt that causes poor closing
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We will therefore start with a trunk noise on your Audi A1 generated by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. Indeed, it is plausible that on a vehicle that is already a few years old and whose cleaning is not always a main concern or that the roads used are not very clean that dirt collects at the trunk gasket. This problem causes a poor closure of the trunk and a noise that can sound like a crack. To examine if you are in this condition, open the trunk of your Audi A1, examine 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 improvement. 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 Audi A1 that is relating to other sources such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to consult this content on the noises at the back of a Audi A1.
Noise in the trunk of my Audi A1 : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second possibility, you may also, over time, knowledge a locking system that has taken up some play. And this is one of the most probably alternatives. Indeed, knowing a trunk noise on your Audi A1 is very frequently relating to this problem. Several solutions are available to you according 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 mechanism with thick grease is sufficient to resolve 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 circumstance you would have to take off the cover that allows 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 examine the centering of the striker in regards to the trunk lock. If after verifying the trunk of your Audi A1 closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, replicate the procedure by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Audi A1 : 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. Indeed, when a plate change is made, to remove the old one the procedure used is to drill the existing rivets to be able 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 create an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Audi A1 linked to a rivet, you will need to examine that it is in the tailgate open it and stir it to define 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 embarrassing case, you will have to remove the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
