If you identify a noise on your automobile, you are right to be attentive of it and take it seriously, although it is conceivable that nothing critical will results, it is also conceivable that it is the sign of a more important fix. A noise that appears in the trunk of your Renault Grand Espace is fortunately more a sign of a small manipulation or fix, rather than a complex one. To help you in your research, we have decided to write this content to present you with the most likely solutions to your issue. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Renault Grand Espace 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.
Noise in the trunk Renault Grand Espace : Built up dirt that causes poor closing
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We will therefore begin with a trunk noise on your Renault Grand Espace generated 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 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 situation, open the trunk of your Renault Grand Espace, examine 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 difference. 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 Renault Grand Espace that is connected to other origins such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to have a look to this content on the noises at the back of a Renault Grand Espace.
Noise in the trunk of my Renault Grand Espace : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second probability, you may also, over time, experience a locking system that has taken up some play. And this is one of the most probably possibilities. Indeed, knowing a trunk noise on your Renault Grand Espace is very often connected to this issue. Some solutions are available 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 mechanism with thick grease is enough to eliminate the issue. 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 remove the cover that permits 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 relation to the trunk lock. If after looking at the trunk of your Renault Grand Espace closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, duplicate the procedure by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Renault Grand Espace : 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 at the rear of your plate. Indeed, when a plate swap is done, to take off the old one the process 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 generate an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Renault Grand Espace linked to a rivet, you will need to check that it is in the tailgate open it and stir it to discern the noise. If this is your situation, you will have to remove the linings from the trunk to remove it. Finally, if it is your bumper, it is in this rarer and more disturbing situation, you will have to take off the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
