If you identify a noise on your automobile, you are right to be careful of it and take it seriously, although it is possible that nothing significant will result, it is also possible that it is the symptom of a more important restoration. A noise that shows up in the trunk of your Ds Ds 7 Crossback is fortunately more a sign of a small correction or fix, rather than a complicated one. To help you in your research, we have chosen to compose this article to present you with the most likely solutions to your trouble. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Ds Ds 7 Crossback 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 Ds Ds 7 Crossback : Built up dirt that triggers poor closing
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We will therefore begin with a trunk noise on your Ds Ds 7 Crossback induced 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 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 situation, open the trunk of your Ds Ds 7 Crossback, check 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 improvement. 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 Ds Ds 7 Crossback that is relating to other sources such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to have a look to this article on the noises at the back of a Ds Ds 7 Crossback.
Noise in the trunk of my Ds Ds 7 Crossback : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second probability, you may also, over time, be the victim of a locking system that became loose. And this is one of the most likely possibilities. Indeed, knowing a trunk noise on your Ds Ds 7 Crossback is very often relating to this trouble. Some solutions are existing to you subject to the level of play you have with your lock. The first is that sometimes the offset is minimal and a simple greasing of the mechanism with thick grease is sufficient to resolve 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 circumstance you would have to take out the cover that enables 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. Remember to check the centering of the striker in regards to the trunk lock. If after verifying the trunk of your Ds Ds 7 Crossback closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, duplicate the procedure by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Ds Ds 7 Crossback : 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 change is done, to take off the old one the strategy used is to drill the existing rivets in order to put out 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 induce an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Ds Ds 7 Crossback 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 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 unpleasant case, you will have to take off the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
