If you notice a noise on your automobile, you are right to be aware of it and take it seriously, although it is possible that nothing major will occur, it is also possible that it is the indication of a more significant restoration. A noise that occurs in the trunk of your Citroen Grand C4 Picasso is fortunately more a indication of a small manipulation or repair, rather than a complex one. To support you in your research, we have chosen to compose this content to present you with the most likely solutions to your problem. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Citroen Grand C4 Picasso 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 Grand C4 Picasso : Built up dirt that triggers poor closing
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We will therefore begin with a trunk noise on your Citroen Grand C4 Picasso triggered 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 collects 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 condition, open the trunk of your Citroen Grand C4 Picasso, examine the state 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 possible however that you have a trunk noise on your Citroen Grand C4 Picasso that is related to other origins such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to have a look to this content on the noises at the back of a Citroen Grand C4 Picasso.
Noise in the trunk of my Citroen Grand C4 Picasso : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second possibility, you may also, over time, encounter a locking system that has taken up some play. And this is one of the most probably alternatives. In fact, knowing a trunk noise on your Citroen Grand C4 Picasso is very often related to this problem. Several solutions are available 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 enough to fix the issue. 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 case you would have to take off the cover that permits 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 connection with the trunk lock. If after checking out the trunk of your Citroen Grand C4 Picasso closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, repeat the procedure by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Citroen Grand C4 Picasso : 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. In fact, when a plate swap is made, to remove the old one the strategy 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 generate an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Citroen Grand C4 Picasso linked to a rivet, you will need to check that it is in the tailgate open it and stir it to specify the noise. If this is your case, you will have to take out the linings from the trunk to remove it. Finally, if it is your bumper, it is in this rarer and more unpleasant case, you will have to remove the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
