If you acknowledge a noise on your vehicle, you are right to be attentive of it and take it seriously, although it is plausible that nothing significant will happen, it is also plausible that it is the signal of a more important fix. A noise that shows up in the trunk of your Renault Kadjar is thankfully more a indicator of a small manipulation or fix, rather than a difficult one. To help 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 Renault Kadjar 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 Kadjar : Built up dirt that causes poor closing
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We will therefore start with a trunk noise on your Renault Kadjar triggered by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. Indeed, it is plausible that on a vehicle 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 accumulates at the trunk gasket. This issue causes a poor closure of the trunk and a noise that can sound like a crack. To verify if you are in this situation, open the trunk of your Renault Kadjar, 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 impact. 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 Kadjar that is connected to other origins such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to consult this content page on the noises at the back of a Renault Kadjar.
Noise in the trunk of my Renault Kadjar : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second probability, you may also, over time, knowledge a locking system that has taken up some play. And this is one of the most probably alternatives. Indeed, knowing a trunk noise on your Renault Kadjar is very frequently connected to this issue. Several solutions are existing to you subject 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 enough to resolve the trouble. 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 circumstance you would have to strip off the cover that enables 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 verify the centering of the striker in connection with the trunk lock. If after checking the trunk of your Renault Kadjar closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, replicate the process by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Renault Kadjar : 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 change is done, to remove the old one the technique used is to drill the existing rivets in order 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 generate an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Renault Kadjar linked to a rivet, you will need to verify that it is in the tailgate open it and stir it to specify 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 embarrassing case, you will have to remove the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
