If you notice a noise on your car, you are right to be concerned of it and take it seriously, although it is conceivable that nothing major will occur, it is also conceivable that it is the indication of a more important repair. A noise that shows up in the trunk of your Renault Scenic 2 is luckily more a indication of a small manipulation or restoration, rather than a complex one. To support you in your research, we have decided to produce this content page to present you with the most likely solutions to your trouble. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Renault Scenic 2 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 Renault Scenic 2 : Accumulated dirt that triggers poor closing
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We will therefore start with a trunk noise on your Renault Scenic 2 generated by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. Indeed, it is conceivable that on a car 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 accumulates at the trunk gasket. This trouble triggers a poor closure of the trunk and a noise that can sound like a crack. To examine if you are in this circumstance, open the trunk of your Renault Scenic 2, verify 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 Scenic 2 that is linked to other origins such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to consult this content page on the noises at the back of a Renault Scenic 2.
Noise in the trunk of my Renault Scenic 2 : 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 potential alternatives. Indeed, knowing a trunk noise on your Renault Scenic 2 is very frequently linked to this trouble. 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 system with thick grease is appropriate to solve 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 case you would have to strip off the cover that permits 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. Remember to examine the centering of the striker in connection with the trunk lock. If after checking the trunk of your Renault Scenic 2 closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, replicate the process by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Renault Scenic 2 : Rivet following plate swap in the trunk/ bumper
Finally, one of the last possibilities. It is that following a license plate swap you were unfortunate and that a piece of rivet fell behind your plate. Indeed, when a plate replacement is done, to take out the old one the technique used is to drill the existing rivets in order to put out 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 create an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Renault Scenic 2 linked to a rivet, you will need to examine that it is in the tailgate open it and stir it to identify the noise. If this is your case, 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 case, you will have to take out the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
