If you acknowledge a noise on your vehicle, you are right to be aware of it and take it seriously, although it is plausible that nothing critical will occur, it is also plausible that it is the indication of a more significant repair. A noise that happens in the trunk of your Nissan Cabstar is fortunately more a signal of a small adjustment or restoration, rather than a complicated one. To support you in your research, we have decided to write this article to present you with the most likely solutions to your issue. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Nissan Cabstar 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 Nissan Cabstar : Built up dirt that triggers poor closing
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We will therefore begin with a trunk noise on your Nissan Cabstar caused 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 top priority or that the roads used are not very clean that dirt accumulates at the trunk gasket. This issue triggers a poor closure of the trunk and a noise that can sound like a crack. To examine if you are in this situation, open the trunk of your Nissan Cabstar, verify the condition 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 difference. 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 Nissan Cabstar that is related to other sources such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to consult this article on the noises at the back of a Nissan Cabstar.
Noise in the trunk of my Nissan Cabstar : 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 alternatives. In fact, knowing a trunk noise on your Nissan Cabstar is very often related to this issue. Several solutions are existing to you depending on 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 mechanism with thick grease is appropriate to resolve 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 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, just push it back a little towards the inside of the trunk and tighten it again. You should examine the centering of the striker in regards to the trunk lock. If after checking out the trunk of your Nissan Cabstar closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, repeat the operation by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Nissan Cabstar : 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 behind your plate. In fact, when a plate replacement is made, to remove the old one the process used is to drill the existing rivets to be able to release 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 cause an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Nissan Cabstar linked to a rivet, you will need to examine that it is in the tailgate open it and stir it to specify 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 remove the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
