If you notice a noise on your automobile, you are right to be careful of it and take it seriously, although it is conceivable that nothing significant will results, it is also conceivable that it is the signal of a more critical restoration. A noise that happens in the trunk of your Opel Mokka is luckily more a indicator of a small manipulation or repair, rather than a complex one. To support you in your research, we have chosen to write this content page to present you with the most likely solutions to your problem. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Opel Mokka 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 Mokka : Accumulated dirt that causes poor closing
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We will therefore begin with a trunk noise on your Opel Mokka generated by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. In fact, it is conceivable that on a automobile 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 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 Mokka, examine 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 conceivable however that you have a trunk noise on your Opel Mokka that is related to other sources such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to consult this content page on the noises at the back of a Opel Mokka.
Noise in the trunk of my Opel Mokka : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second possibility, you may also, over time, encounter a locking system that became loose. And this is one of the most probably possibilities. In fact, knowing a trunk noise on your Opel Mokka is very frequently related to this problem. Different 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 system with thick grease is enough to eliminate the trouble. Secondly, it is also conceivable 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 allows 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. Make sure to verify the centering of the striker in connection with the trunk lock. If after checking the trunk of your Opel Mokka closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, repeat the procedure by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Opel Mokka : 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 at the rear of your plate. In fact, when a plate replacement is made, to remove the old one the technique 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 induce an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Opel Mokka 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 situation, 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 situation, you will have to remove the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
