If you pay attention to a noise on your vehicle, you are right to be aware of it and take it seriously, although it is possible that nothing serious will occur, it is also possible that it is the indication of a more critical fix. A noise that occurs in the trunk of your Fiat Bravo is fortunately more a indication of a small correction or repair, rather than a difficult one. To help you in your research, we have decided to compose this article to present you with the most likely solutions to your issue. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Fiat Bravo can come from accumulated 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 Fiat Bravo : Accumulated dirt that triggers poor closing
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We will therefore start with a trunk noise on your Fiat Bravo caused by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. In fact, it is possible that on a vehicle that is already a few years old and whose cleaning is not always a top priority or that the roads used are not very clean that dirt collects at the trunk gasket. This issue triggers a poor closure of the trunk and a noise that can sound like a crack. To verify if you are in this situation, open the trunk of your Fiat Bravo, verify the condition 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 Fiat Bravo that is related 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 Fiat Bravo.
Noise in the trunk of my Fiat Bravo : 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 likely possibilities. In fact, knowing a trunk noise on your Fiat Bravo is very often related to this issue. Different solutions are available to you according to the level of play you have with your lock. The first is that quite often the offset is minimal and a simple greasing of the system with thick grease is more than enough 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 remove 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. Be sure you verify the centering of the striker in connection with the trunk lock. If after examining the trunk of your Fiat Bravo closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, replicate the process by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Fiat Bravo : Rivet following plate swap in the trunk/ bumper
Finally, one of the last possibilities. It is that following a license plate swap you were unlucky and that a piece of rivet fell behind your plate. In fact, when a plate change is done, to remove the old one the process used is to drill the existing rivets to be able 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 provoke an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Fiat Bravo linked to a rivet, you will need to verify that it is in the tailgate open it and stir it to discern 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 embarrassing case, you will have to remove the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
