If you detect a noise on your vehicle, you are right to be aware of it and take it seriously, although it is plausible that nothing critical will happen, it is also plausible that it is the signal of a more important restoration. A noise that occurs in the trunk of your Renault Vel Satis is fortunately more a indicator of a small manipulation or restoration, rather than a complex one. To help you in your research, we have chosen to produce 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 Vel Satis 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 Vel Satis : Accumulated dirt that causes poor closing
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We will therefore start with a trunk noise on your Renault Vel Satis 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 problem 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 Vel Satis, verify the state of the gasket that runs 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 Vel Satis that is relating to other origins such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to consult this content page on the noises at the back of a Renault Vel Satis.
Noise in the trunk of my Renault Vel Satis : 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 likely alternatives. In fact, knowing a trunk noise on your Renault Vel Satis is very frequently relating to this problem. Some solutions are available to you depending on the level of play you have with your lock. The first is that oftentimes 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 case you would have to strip off the cover that will allow 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 connection with the trunk lock. If after checking the trunk of your Renault Vel Satis closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, repeat the procedure by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Renault Vel Satis : 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 backside your plate. In fact, when a plate replacement is made, to remove the old one the process 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 induce an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Renault Vel Satis linked to a rivet, you will need to check that it is in the tailgate open it and stir it to identify 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.
