If you find out a noise on your vehicle, you are right to be concerned of it and take it seriously, although it is conceivable that nothing significant will result, it is also conceivable that it is the symptom of a more significant repair. A noise that shows up in the trunk of your Renault Latitude is luckily more a signal of a small manipulation or fix, rather than a difficult one. To support you in your research, we have chosen to generate this content page to present you with the most likely solutions to your problem. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Renault Latitude can come from built up dirt, the problem 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 Latitude : Accumulated dirt that causes poor closing
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We will therefore begin with a trunk noise on your Renault Latitude caused by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. Indeed, it is conceivable 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 problem causes a poor closure of the trunk and a noise that can sound like a crack. To verify if you are in this circumstance, open the trunk of your Renault Latitude, check 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 Latitude that is connected to other sources such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to read this content page on the noises at the back of a Renault Latitude.
Noise in the trunk of my Renault Latitude : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second probability, you may also, over time, experience a locking system that became loose. And this is one of the most likely possibilities. Indeed, knowing a trunk noise on your Renault Latitude is very frequently connected to this problem. Different solutions are available to you subject to the level of play you have with your lock. The first is that quite often the offset is minimal and a simple greasing of the system 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 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. Be sure you verify the centering of the striker in relation to the trunk lock. If after verifying the trunk of your Renault Latitude closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, replicate the procedure by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Renault Latitude : Rivet following plate change in the trunk/ bumper
Finally, one of the last possibilities. It is that following a license plate change you were unlucky and that a piece of rivet fell at the rear of your plate. Indeed, when a plate replacement is made, to take out the old one the strategy used is to drill the existing rivets to be able to release 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 Renault Latitude linked to a rivet, you will need to verify that it is in the tailgate open it and stir it to identify 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 out the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
