If you identify a noise on your car, you are right to be aware of it and take it seriously, although it is conceivable that nothing critical will happen, it is also conceivable that it is the sign of a more important fix. A noise that comes out in the trunk of your Bmw Serie 1 F21 is luckily more a sign of a small correction or restoration, rather than a complex one. To support you in your research, we have decided to write this content page to present you with the most likely solutions to your issue. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Bmw Serie 1 F21 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 Bmw Serie 1 F21 : Built up dirt that triggers poor closing
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We will therefore start with a trunk noise on your Bmw Serie 1 F21 triggered by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. Indeed, it is conceivable that on a car 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 scenario, open the trunk of your Bmw Serie 1 F21, 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 improvement. 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 F21 that is linked to other sources such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to consult this content page on the noises at the back of a Bmw Serie 1 F21.
Noise in the trunk of my Bmw Serie 1 F21 : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second probability, you may also, over time, be the victim of a locking system that has taken up some play. And this is one of the most likely possibilities. Indeed, knowing a trunk noise on your Bmw Serie 1 F21 is very often linked to this issue. Some solutions are available to you subject 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 system with thick grease is appropriate to fix the problem. 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 circumstance you would have to strip 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. You should verify the centering of the striker in connection with the trunk lock. If after checking out the trunk of your Bmw Serie 1 F21 closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, duplicate the process by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Bmw Serie 1 F21 : 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 change is made, to take out the old one the procedure used is to drill the existing rivets to be able to release 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 Bmw Serie 1 F21 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 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 take out the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
