If you pay attention to a noise on your automobile, you are right to be concerned of it and take it seriously, although it is conceivable that nothing serious will occur, it is also conceivable that it is the sign of a more significant fix. A noise that shows up in the trunk of your Citroen Cactus is thankfully more a signal of a small manipulation or service, rather than a complex one. To help you in your research, we have decided to generate this content to present you with the most likely solutions to your problem. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Citroen Cactus can come from built up 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 Cactus : Accumulated dirt that causes poor closing
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We will therefore start with a trunk noise on your Citroen Cactus caused by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. Indeed, it is conceivable that on a automobile that is already a few years old and whose cleaning is not always a top priority or that the roads used are not very clean that dirt builds up at the trunk gasket. This problem causes a poor closure of the trunk and a noise that can sound like a crack. To verify if you are in this condition, open the trunk of your Citroen Cactus, 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 impact. 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 Citroen Cactus that is relating to other sources such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to have a look to this content on the noises at the back of a Citroen Cactus.
Noise in the trunk of my Citroen Cactus : 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 potential possibilities. Indeed, knowing a trunk noise on your Citroen Cactus is very frequently relating to this problem. Several solutions are existing to you subject to 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 sufficient to resolve the issue. 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 case 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, simply push it back a little towards the inside of the trunk and tighten it again. Make sure to verify the centering of the striker in connection with the trunk lock. If after verifying the trunk of your Citroen Cactus closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, replicate the process by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Citroen Cactus : Rivet following plate change in the trunk/ bumper
Finally, one of the last possibilities. It is that following a license plate change you were unfortunate and that a piece of rivet fell backside your plate. Indeed, when a plate replacement is done, to remove the old one the procedure used is to drill the existing rivets to be able to released 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 Citroen Cactus linked to a rivet, you will need to verify 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 remove the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
