If you find out a noise on your automobile, you are right to be careful of it and take it seriously, although it is possible that nothing critical will results, it is also possible that it is the indication of a more critical fix. A noise that comes out in the trunk of your Dacia Lodgy is thankfully more a indicator of a small correction or repair, rather than a complex one. To support you in your research, we have decided to write this content page to present you with the most likely solutions to your issue. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Dacia Lodgy can come from built up dirt, the issue 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 Dacia Lodgy : Accumulated dirt that causes poor closing
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We will therefore start with a trunk noise on your Dacia Lodgy triggered 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 priority or that the roads used are not very clean that dirt accumulates at the trunk gasket. This issue 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 Dacia Lodgy, 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 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 Dacia Lodgy that is relating to other origins such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to consult this content page on the noises at the back of a Dacia Lodgy.
Noise in the trunk of my Dacia Lodgy : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second possibility, you may also, over time, knowledge a locking system that has taken up some play. And this is one of the most likely alternatives. Indeed, knowing a trunk noise on your Dacia Lodgy is very frequently relating to this issue. Several solutions are available to you subject to the level of play you have with your lock. The first is that oftentimes the offset is minimal and a simple greasing of the system with thick grease is sufficient to eliminate 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 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. Don’t forget to examine the centering of the striker in relation to the trunk lock. If after verifying the trunk of your Dacia Lodgy closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, replicate the process by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Dacia Lodgy : 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. Indeed, when a plate swap is made, to remove the old one the procedure used is to drill the existing rivets in order 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 provoke an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Dacia Lodgy linked to a rivet, you will need to examine that it is in the tailgate open it and stir it to discern 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 disturbing situation, you will have to remove the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
