If you detect a noise on your automobile, you are right to be attentive of it and take it seriously, although it is possible that nothing serious will result, it is also possible that it is the indication of a more significant restoration. A noise that shows up in the trunk of your Bmw Z4 is fortunately more a signal of a small correction or fix, rather than a difficult one. To support you in your research, we have decided to compose 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 Z4 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 Z4 : Accumulated dirt that triggers poor closing
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We will therefore begin with a trunk noise on your Bmw Z4 created by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. In fact, it is possible that on a automobile 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 accumulates at the trunk gasket. This issue triggers a poor closure of the trunk and a noise that can sound like a crack. To check if you are in this scenario, open the trunk of your Bmw Z4, verify 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 possible however that you have a trunk noise on your Bmw Z4 that is linked to other origins such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to consult this content page on the noises at the back of a Bmw Z4.
Noise in the trunk of my Bmw Z4 : 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 likely alternatives. In fact, knowing a trunk noise on your Bmw Z4 is very often linked to this issue. Several solutions are existing to you depending on the level of play you have with your lock. The first is that occasionally the offset is minimal and a simple greasing of the mechanism with thick grease is good enough to fix the problem. 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 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 relation to the trunk lock. If after checking out the trunk of your Bmw Z4 closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, duplicate the process by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Bmw Z4 : Rivet following plate swap in the trunk/ bumper
Finally, one of the last possibilities. It is that following a license plate swap you were unlucky and that a piece of rivet fell backside your plate. In fact, when a plate swap is made, to take out the old one the technique used is to drill the existing rivets in order 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 create an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Bmw Z4 linked to a rivet, you will need to check that it is in the tailgate open it and stir it to identify 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 take out the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
