If you pay attention to a noise on your automobile, you are right to be concerned of it and take it seriously, although it is possible that nothing critical will occur, it is also possible that it is the indication of a more critical restoration. A noise that happens in the trunk of your PORSCHE PANAMERA is fortunately more a indication of a small adjustment or fix, rather than a difficult one. To support you in your research, we have decided to compose this content to present you with the most likely solutions to your trouble. First we will see that this trunk noise on your PORSCHE PANAMERA 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 PORSCHE PANAMERA : Built up dirt that triggers poor closing
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We will therefore start with a trunk noise on your PORSCHE PANAMERA triggered by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. Indeed, it is possible 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 builds up at the trunk gasket. This trouble triggers a poor closure of the trunk and a noise that can sound like a crack. To check if you are in this condition, open the trunk of your PORSCHE PANAMERA, 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 improvement. 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 PORSCHE PANAMERA that is connected to other sources such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to consult this content on the noises at the back of a PORSCHE PANAMERA.
Noise in the trunk of my PORSCHE PANAMERA : 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 likely alternatives. Indeed, knowing a trunk noise on your PORSCHE PANAMERA is very often connected to this trouble. Some solutions are available 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 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 circumstance you would have to take 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. Don’t forget to check the centering of the striker in connection with the trunk lock. If after examining the trunk of your PORSCHE PANAMERA closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, repeat the operation by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk PORSCHE PANAMERA : 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. Indeed, when a plate change is done, to take off the old one the strategy used is to drill the existing rivets to be able 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 PORSCHE PANAMERA linked to a rivet, you will need to check 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 problematic case, you will have to take off the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
