If you pay attention to a noise on your automobile, you are right to be attentive of it and take it seriously, although it is conceivable that nothing major will results, it is also conceivable that it is the signal of a more important repair. A noise that occurs in the trunk of your Peugeot 208 is luckily more a sign of a small adjustment or fix, rather than a difficult one. To support you in your research, we have chosen to generate this article to present you with the most likely solutions to your trouble. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Peugeot 208 can come from accumulated dirt, the trouble 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 Peugeot 208 : Accumulated dirt that triggers poor closing
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We will therefore begin with a trunk noise on your Peugeot 208 induced by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. Indeed, 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 accumulates at the trunk gasket. This trouble triggers a poor closure of the trunk and a noise that can sound like a crack. To verify if you are in this scenario, open the trunk of your Peugeot 208, 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 conceivable however that you have a trunk noise on your Peugeot 208 that is connected to other sources such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to read this article on the noises at the back of a Peugeot 208.
Noise in the trunk of my Peugeot 208 : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second possibility, you may also, over time, experience a locking system that became loose. And this is one of the most probably alternatives. Indeed, knowing a trunk noise on your Peugeot 208 is very often connected to this trouble. Some solutions are existing to you according to 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 appropriate to eliminate the problem. 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 circumstance you would have to take out the cover that will allow 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 regards to the trunk lock. If after checking out the trunk of your Peugeot 208 closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, repeat the procedure by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Peugeot 208 : 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 replacement is done, to remove the old one the technique 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 generate an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Peugeot 208 linked to a rivet, you will need to verify that it is in the tailgate open it and stir it to define 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 remove the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
