If you acknowledge a noise on your vehicle, you are right to be attentive of it and take it seriously, although it is plausible that nothing significant will result, it is also plausible that it is the signal of a more critical repair. A noise that happens in the trunk of your Opel Grandland X is fortunately more a sign of a small manipulation or restoration, rather than a complex one. To support you in your research, we have decided to generate this article to present you with the most likely solutions to your problem. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Opel Grandland X 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 Opel Grandland X : Accumulated dirt that causes poor closing
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We will therefore start with a trunk noise on your Opel Grandland X created by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. Indeed, 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 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 verify if you are in this situation, open the trunk of your Opel Grandland X, 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 Opel Grandland X that is connected to other origins such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to consult this article on the noises at the back of a Opel Grandland X.
Noise in the trunk of my Opel Grandland X : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second probability, you may also, over time, be the victim of a locking system that has taken up some play. And this is one of the most likely possibilities. Indeed, knowing a trunk noise on your Opel Grandland X is very often connected to this problem. 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 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 circumstance you would have to strip off 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. You should verify the centering of the striker in connection with the trunk lock. If after looking at the trunk of your Opel Grandland X closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, replicate the procedure by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Opel Grandland X : 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 backside your plate. Indeed, when a plate change is made, to remove the old one the procedure used is to drill the existing rivets in order to release 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 cause an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Opel Grandland X 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.
