If you notice a noise on your car, you are right to be careful of it and take it seriously, although it is possible that nothing significant will result, it is also possible that it is the signal of a more significant fix. A noise that happens in the trunk of your Bmw Serie 3 E93 is fortunately more a sign of a small manipulation or repair, rather than a difficult one. To help you in your research, we have chosen to generate this content to present you with the most likely solutions to your trouble. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Bmw Serie 3 E93 can come from accumulated dirt, the trouble 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 3 E93 : Accumulated dirt that triggers poor closing
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We will therefore begin with a trunk noise on your Bmw Serie 3 E93 created by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. In fact, it is possible 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 builds up at the trunk gasket. This trouble triggers a poor closure of the trunk and a noise that can sound like a crack. To check if you are in this condition, open the trunk of your Bmw Serie 3 E93, 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 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 Bmw Serie 3 E93 that is related to other sources such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to consult this content on the noises at the back of a Bmw Serie 3 E93.
Noise in the trunk of my Bmw Serie 3 E93 : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second possibility, you may also, over time, encounter a locking system that has taken up some play. And this is one of the most probably possibilities. In fact, knowing a trunk noise on your Bmw Serie 3 E93 is very frequently related to this trouble. Different 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 mechanism with thick grease is appropriate to resolve the issue. 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. Remember to check the centering of the striker in regards to the trunk lock. If after examining the trunk of your Bmw Serie 3 E93 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 3 E93 : 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 behind your plate. In fact, when a plate swap is done, to take off the old one the strategy 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 trigger an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Bmw Serie 3 E93 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 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 take off the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
