If you acknowledge a noise on your vehicle, you are right to be attentive of it and take it seriously, although it is possible that nothing major will result, it is also possible that it is the indication of a more important fix. A noise that appears in the trunk of your Mercedes Classe V is luckily more a indication of a small manipulation or restoration, rather than a complicated one. To help you in your research, we have decided to produce this article to present you with the most likely solutions to your problem. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Mercedes Classe V can come from built up 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 Mercedes Classe V : Built up dirt that causes poor closing
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We will therefore start with a trunk noise on your Mercedes Classe V triggered 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 top priority or that the roads used are not very clean that dirt builds up at the trunk gasket. This problem causes a poor closure of the trunk and a noise that can sound like a crack. To examine if you are in this scenario, open the trunk of your Mercedes Classe V, 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 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 Mercedes Classe V that is connected to other origins such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to have a look to this article on the noises at the back of a Mercedes Classe V.
Noise in the trunk of my Mercedes Classe V : 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 potential possibilities. Indeed, knowing a trunk noise on your Mercedes Classe V is very often connected to this problem. Several solutions are existing 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 mechanism with thick grease is good enough 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 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. Make sure to examine the centering of the striker in regards to the trunk lock. If after looking at the trunk of your Mercedes Classe V closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, repeat the process by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Mercedes Classe V : 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 behind your plate. Indeed, when a plate swap is made, to take off the old one the technique 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 Mercedes Classe V linked to a rivet, you will need to examine that it is in the tailgate open it and stir it to distinguish the noise. If this is your situation, 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 embarrassing situation, you will have to take off the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
