If you notice a noise on your vehicle, you are right to be attentive of it and take it seriously, although it is conceivable that nothing major will results, it is also conceivable that it is the symptom of a more significant repair. A noise that happens in the trunk of your Bmw Serie 1 is luckily more a indicator of a small correction or restoration, rather than a complicated one. To help you in your research, we have decided to compose this content to present you with the most likely solutions to your problem. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Bmw Serie 1 can come from built up 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 Bmw Serie 1 : Built up dirt that causes poor closing
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We will therefore begin with a trunk noise on your Bmw Serie 1 triggered by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. Indeed, it is conceivable 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 check if you are in this situation, open the trunk of your Bmw Serie 1, 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 conceivable however that you have a trunk noise on your Bmw Serie 1 that is linked to other origins such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to consult this content on the noises at the back of a Bmw Serie 1.
Noise in the trunk of my Bmw Serie 1 : 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 alternatives. Indeed, knowing a trunk noise on your Bmw Serie 1 is very frequently linked to this problem. Some solutions are available to you subject 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 good enough to resolve the issue. Secondly, it is also conceivable 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 will allow 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. Be sure you check the centering of the striker in regards to the trunk lock. If after verifying the trunk of your Bmw Serie 1 closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, repeat the procedure by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Bmw Serie 1 : 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 backside your plate. Indeed, when a plate replacement is done, to remove the old one the process used is to drill the existing rivets in order to release 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 cause an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Bmw Serie 1 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 situation, 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 situation, you will have to remove the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
