If you find out a noise on your automobile, you are right to be concerned of it and take it seriously, although it is plausible that nothing significant will happen, it is also plausible that it is the indication of a more critical repair. A noise that comes out in the trunk of your Volkswagen Golf 2 is thankfully more a indication of a small correction or restoration, rather than a complicated one. To support you in your research, we have decided to write this article to present you with the most likely solutions to your issue. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Volkswagen Golf 2 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 Volkswagen Golf 2 : Accumulated dirt that causes poor closing
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We will therefore begin with a trunk noise on your Volkswagen Golf 2 triggered 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 main concern or that the roads used are not very clean that dirt builds up 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 Volkswagen Golf 2, check 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 Golf 2 that is relating to other origins such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to read this article on the noises at the back of a Volkswagen Golf 2.
Noise in the trunk of my Volkswagen Golf 2 : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second probability, you may also, over time, encounter a locking system that became loose. And this is one of the most likely alternatives. Indeed, knowing a trunk noise on your Volkswagen Golf 2 is very often relating to this issue. Some solutions are existing 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 mechanism with thick grease is more than enough to solve the issue. 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 remove the cover that allows 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. You should verify the centering of the striker in regards to the trunk lock. If after examining the trunk of your Volkswagen Golf 2 closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, replicate the procedure by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Volkswagen Golf 2 : 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 behind your plate. Indeed, when a plate swap is made, to remove the old one the technique used is to drill the existing rivets to be able to release 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 create an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Volkswagen Golf 2 linked to a rivet, you will need to verify that it is in the tailgate open it and stir it to discern the noise. If this is your situation, 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 disturbing situation, you will have to remove the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
