If you acknowledge a noise on your automobile, you are right to be concerned of it and take it seriously, although it is possible that nothing major will results, it is also possible that it is the symptom of a more critical repair. A noise that appears in the trunk of your Citroen C15 is thankfully more a sign of a small adjustment or repair, rather than a complicated one. To help you in your research, we have decided to compose this article to present you with the most likely solutions to your problem. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Citroen C15 can come from accumulated 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 Citroen C15 : Accumulated dirt that triggers poor closing
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We will therefore begin with a trunk noise on your Citroen C15 created by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. Indeed, 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 problem triggers a poor closure of the trunk and a noise that can sound like a crack. To check if you are in this circumstance, open the trunk of your Citroen C15, 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 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 Citroen C15 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 Citroen C15.
Noise in the trunk of my Citroen C15 : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second probability, you may also, over time, experience a locking system that became loose. And this is one of the most probably possibilities. Indeed, knowing a trunk noise on your Citroen C15 is very often linked to this problem. Several solutions are available 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 system with thick grease is appropriate to solve the trouble. 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 strip off the cover that permits 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. Don’t forget to check the centering of the striker in relation to the trunk lock. If after checking out the trunk of your Citroen C15 closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, repeat the process by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Citroen C15 : 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 replacement is done, to take out the old one the strategy used is to drill the existing rivets to be able 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 create an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Citroen C15 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 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.
