If you detect a noise on your vehicle, you are right to be attentive of it and take it seriously, although it is plausible that nothing critical will results, it is also plausible that it is the signal of a more significant repair. A noise that shows up in the trunk of your Chevrolet HHR is thankfully more a indication of a small adjustment or fix, rather than a complex one. To support you in your research, we have decided to write this article to present you with the most likely solutions to your trouble. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Chevrolet HHR 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 Chevrolet HHR : Accumulated dirt that causes poor closing
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We will therefore begin with a trunk noise on your Chevrolet HHR triggered 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 trouble 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 Chevrolet HHR, check 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 difference. 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 Chevrolet HHR that is linked to other origins such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to have a look to this article on the noises at the back of a Chevrolet HHR.
Noise in the trunk of my Chevrolet HHR : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second possibility, 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 alternatives. Indeed, knowing a trunk noise on your Chevrolet HHR is very frequently linked to this trouble. Several solutions are existing to you depending on the level of play you have with your lock. The first is that in some cases the offset is minimal and a simple greasing of the system with thick grease is more than enough to eliminate 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 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, just push it back a little towards the inside of the trunk and tighten it again. You should check the centering of the striker in regards to the trunk lock. If after looking at the trunk of your Chevrolet HHR closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, repeat the process by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Chevrolet HHR : Rivet following plate change in the trunk/ bumper
Finally, one of the last possibilities. It is that following a license plate change you were unlucky and that a piece of rivet fell backside your plate. Indeed, when a plate swap is made, to take off 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 trigger an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Chevrolet HHR linked to a rivet, you will need to check that it is in the tailgate open it and stir it to distinguish 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.
