If you notice a noise on your automobile, you are right to be attentive of it and take it seriously, although it is plausible that nothing major will occur, it is also plausible that it is the indication of a more important restoration. A noise that happens in the trunk of your Peugeot 806 is luckily more a indicator of a small manipulation or fix, rather than a difficult one. To support you in your research, we have decided to write this content page to present you with the most likely solutions to your issue. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Peugeot 806 can come from built up 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.trunk-noise-peugeot-806

Noise in the trunk Peugeot 806 : Built up dirt that triggers poor closing

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We will therefore start with a trunk noise on your Peugeot 806 induced by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. In fact, it is plausible that on a automobile that is already a few years old and whose cleaning is not always a priority or that the roads used are not very clean that dirt collects at the trunk gasket. This issue triggers a poor closure of the trunk and a noise that can sound like a crack. To check if you are in this scenario, open the trunk of your Peugeot 806, check 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 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 Peugeot 806 that is linked to other sources such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to consult this content page on the noises at the back of a Peugeot 806.

Noise in the trunk of my Peugeot 806 : Loose lock, clicking noise

Second probability, you may also, over time, encounter a locking system that became loose. And this is one of the most likely alternatives. In fact, knowing a trunk noise on your Peugeot 806 is very frequently linked to this issue. Some solutions are available to you subject to the level of play you have with your lock. The first is that oftentimes the offset is minimal and a simple greasing of the mechanism with thick grease is appropriate to eliminate the problem. 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 case you would have to take out 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. Don’t forget to check the centering of the striker in connection with the trunk lock. If after verifying the trunk of your Peugeot 806 closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, repeat the operation by pushing the striker less.

Noise in my trunk Peugeot 806 : 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 behind your plate. In fact, when a plate swap is made, to take out the old one the technique used is to drill the existing rivets in order to released 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 provoke an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Peugeot 806 linked to a rivet, you will need to check 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 problematic situation, you will have to take out the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.