If you pay attention to a noise on your vehicle, you are right to be concerned of it and take it seriously, although it is plausible that nothing critical will result, it is also plausible that it is the sign of a more critical restoration. A noise that comes out in the trunk of your Mini Countryman is fortunately more a sign of a small manipulation or fix, rather than a complicated one. To help you in your research, we have chosen 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 Mini Countryman can come from accumulated 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 Mini Countryman : Accumulated dirt that causes poor closing
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We will therefore start with a trunk noise on your Mini Countryman created by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. In fact, it is plausible 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 problem causes 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 Mini Countryman, 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 plausible however that you have a trunk noise on your Mini Countryman that is connected to other sources such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to consult this article on the noises at the back of a Mini Countryman.
Noise in the trunk of my Mini Countryman : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second probability, you may also, over time, encounter a locking system that has taken up some play. And this is one of the most likely alternatives. In fact, knowing a trunk noise on your Mini Countryman is very frequently connected to this problem. Different solutions are available to you subject 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 enough to solve the issue. Secondly, it is also plausible 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 off the cover that permits 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 verify the centering of the striker in regards to the trunk lock. If after examining the trunk of your Mini Countryman closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, replicate the procedure by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Mini Countryman : Rivet following plate swap in the trunk/ bumper
Finally, one of the last possibilities. It is that following a license plate swap you were unfortunate and that a piece of rivet fell backside your plate. In fact, when a plate swap is done, to take out the old one the strategy used is to drill the existing rivets to be able to released 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 create an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Mini Countryman linked to a rivet, you will need to verify that it is in the tailgate open it and stir it to distinguish 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 unpleasant case, you will have to take out the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
