If you identify a noise on your vehicle, you are right to be aware of it and take it seriously, although it is plausible that nothing major will occur, it is also plausible that it is the signal of a more significant restoration. A noise that shows up in the trunk of your Renault Clio 2 Campus is luckily more a indicator of a small correction or fix, rather than a complicated one. To support you in your research, we have decided to compose this content to present you with the most likely solutions to your issue. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Renault Clio 2 Campus 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 Renault Clio 2 Campus : Built up dirt that causes poor closing
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We will therefore begin with a trunk noise on your Renault Clio 2 Campus induced by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. In fact, it is plausible that on a vehicle that is already a few years old and whose cleaning is not always a top priority 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 check if you are in this circumstance, open the trunk of your Renault Clio 2 Campus, 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 plausible however that you have a trunk noise on your Renault Clio 2 Campus that is relating to other origins such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to read this content on the noises at the back of a Renault Clio 2 Campus.
Noise in the trunk of my Renault Clio 2 Campus : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second possibility, you may also, over time, be the victim of a locking system that became loose. And this is one of the most potential possibilities. In fact, knowing a trunk noise on your Renault Clio 2 Campus is very frequently relating to this issue. Some solutions are available to you according 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 sufficient to eliminate the issue. 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 allows 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. Remember to check the centering of the striker in connection with the trunk lock. If after checking out the trunk of your Renault Clio 2 Campus closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, repeat the procedure by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Renault Clio 2 Campus : Rivet following plate swap in the trunk/ bumper
Finally, one of the last possibilities. It is that following a license plate swap you were unlucky and that a piece of rivet fell backside your plate. In fact, when a plate change is made, to remove the old one the strategy 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 induce an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Renault Clio 2 Campus 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 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 remove the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
