If you acknowledge a noise on your automobile, you are right to be concerned of it and take it seriously, although it is plausible that nothing critical will result, it is also plausible that it is the signal of a more significant fix. A noise that happens in the trunk of your Volkswagen Crafter is thankfully more a indication of a small adjustment or repair, rather than a difficult one. To help you in your research, we have decided to compose this content to present you with the most likely solutions to your trouble. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Volkswagen Crafter can come from built up 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 Volkswagen Crafter : Built up dirt that causes poor closing
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We will therefore start with a trunk noise on your Volkswagen Crafter generated by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. Indeed, it is plausible 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 trouble causes a poor closure of the trunk and a noise that can sound like a crack. To check if you are in this circumstance, open the trunk of your Volkswagen Crafter, examine 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 Volkswagen Crafter that is related to other origins such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to consult this content on the noises at the back of a Volkswagen Crafter.
Noise in the trunk of my Volkswagen Crafter : 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 likely possibilities. Indeed, knowing a trunk noise on your Volkswagen Crafter is very frequently related to this trouble. Some solutions are available to you according to 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 appropriate to eliminate 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 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. Make sure to check the centering of the striker in connection with the trunk lock. If after examining the trunk of your Volkswagen Crafter closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, duplicate the operation by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Volkswagen Crafter : 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 take off the old one the procedure used is to drill the existing rivets to be able 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 provoke an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Volkswagen Crafter linked to a rivet, you will need to check that it is in the tailgate open it and stir it to specify 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 off the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
