If you find a noise on your automobile, you are right to be careful of it and take it seriously, although it is possible that nothing major will results, it is also possible that it is the sign of a more significant fix. A noise that occurs in the trunk of your Opel Zafira Tourer is thankfully more a indication of a small correction or restoration, rather than a complicated one. To support you in your research, we have chosen 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 Opel Zafira Tourer 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 Opel Zafira Tourer : Built up dirt that causes poor closing
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We will therefore begin with a trunk noise on your Opel Zafira Tourer generated by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. In fact, it is possible 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 issue causes a poor closure of the trunk and a noise that can sound like a crack. To verify if you are in this condition, open the trunk of your Opel Zafira Tourer, examine the state 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 possible however that you have a trunk noise on your Opel Zafira Tourer that is related to other origins such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to read this article on the noises at the back of a Opel Zafira Tourer.
Noise in the trunk of my Opel Zafira Tourer : 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 potential possibilities. In fact, knowing a trunk noise on your Opel Zafira Tourer is very frequently related to this issue. Some solutions are available to you according 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 mechanism with thick grease is appropriate to eliminate the problem. 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 case you would have to strip off the cover that will allow 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 verifying the trunk of your Opel Zafira Tourer closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, duplicate the operation by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Opel Zafira Tourer : 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 backside your plate. In fact, when a plate change is done, to take off the old one the process used is to drill the existing rivets to be able to put out 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 create an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Opel Zafira Tourer linked to a rivet, you will need to verify that it is in the tailgate open it and stir it to specify 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 unpleasant situation, you will have to take off the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
