If you find out a noise on your vehicle, you are right to be aware of it and take it seriously, although it is possible that nothing major will happen, it is also possible that it is the indication of a more significant fix. A noise that happens in the trunk of your Citroen Jumpy is thankfully more a indicator of a small manipulation or fix, rather than a complex one. To help you in your research, we have decided to generate this content page to present you with the most likely solutions to your trouble. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Citroen Jumpy can come from built up 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 Citroen Jumpy : Accumulated dirt that triggers poor closing
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We will therefore start with a trunk noise on your Citroen Jumpy caused by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. Indeed, it is possible 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 triggers a poor closure of the trunk and a noise that can sound like a crack. To check if you are in this scenario, open the trunk of your Citroen Jumpy, examine the state 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 possible however that you have a trunk noise on your Citroen Jumpy that is related to other sources such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to read this content page on the noises at the back of a Citroen Jumpy.
Noise in the trunk of my Citroen Jumpy : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second possibility, you may also, over time, knowledge a locking system that became loose. And this is one of the most potential alternatives. Indeed, knowing a trunk noise on your Citroen Jumpy is very frequently related to this trouble. Different 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 enough to fix 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 case you would have to take out 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. Make sure to check the centering of the striker in regards to the trunk lock. If after examining the trunk of your Citroen Jumpy closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, repeat the process by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Citroen Jumpy : 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 behind your plate. Indeed, 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. 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 trigger an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Citroen Jumpy 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 take out the linings from the trunk to remove it. Finally, if it is your bumper, it is in this rarer and more unpleasant situation, you will have to take off the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
