If you pay attention to a noise on your vehicle, you are right to be attentive of it and take it seriously, although it is conceivable that nothing critical will results, it is also conceivable that it is the indication of a more important repair. A noise that occurs in the trunk of your Citroen Ds4 is fortunately more a sign of a small correction or fix, rather than a difficult one. To help you in your research, we have decided to write this article to present you with the most likely solutions to your problem. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Citroen Ds4 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 Ds4 : Built up dirt that causes poor closing
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We will therefore begin with a trunk noise on your Citroen Ds4 created by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. In fact, it is conceivable 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 problem causes a poor closure of the trunk and a noise that can sound like a crack. To examine if you are in this condition, open the trunk of your Citroen Ds4, examine the condition of the gasket that runs 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 conceivable however that you have a trunk noise on your Citroen Ds4 that is connected to other origins such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to consult this article on the noises at the back of a Citroen Ds4.
Noise in the trunk of my Citroen Ds4 : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second probability, you may also, over time, encounter a locking system that has taken up some play. And this is one of the most potential possibilities. In fact, knowing a trunk noise on your Citroen Ds4 is very frequently connected to this problem. Different 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 fix the trouble. 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 strip off 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. Make sure to examine the centering of the striker in relation to the trunk lock. If after checking out the trunk of your Citroen Ds4 closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, replicate the operation by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Citroen Ds4 : 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 at the rear of your plate. In fact, when a plate replacement is made, to take off the old one the process 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 create an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Citroen Ds4 linked to a rivet, you will need to examine that it is in the tailgate open it and stir it to identify 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 problematic case, you will have to take off the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
