If you identify a noise on your automobile, you are right to be aware of it and take it seriously, although it is possible that nothing major will happen, it is also possible that it is the signal of a more significant fix. A noise that happens in the trunk of your Volkswagen ID.4 is thankfully more a indicator of a small correction or service, rather than a complex one. To support you in your research, we have decided to compose this content page to present you with the most likely solutions to your trouble. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Volkswagen ID.4 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 ID.4 : Accumulated dirt that causes poor closing
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We will therefore begin with a trunk noise on your Volkswagen ID.4 triggered by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. In fact, it is possible 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 trouble causes a poor closure of the trunk and a noise that can sound like a crack. To verify if you are in this condition, open the trunk of your Volkswagen ID.4, check the condition 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 difference. If this is not the case, continue to the other hypotheses that will probably give a solution. It is possible however that you have a trunk noise on your Volkswagen ID.4 that is related to other sources such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to have a look to this content page on the noises at the back of a Volkswagen ID.4.
Noise in the trunk of my Volkswagen ID.4 : 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 possibilities. In fact, knowing a trunk noise on your Volkswagen ID.4 is very often related to this trouble. Different solutions are available to you depending on the level of play you have with your lock. The first is that sometimes the offset is minimal and a simple greasing of the mechanism with thick grease is sufficient to resolve the problem. Secondly, it is also possible 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 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. You should verify the centering of the striker in relation to the trunk lock. If after verifying the trunk of your Volkswagen ID.4 closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, repeat the procedure by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Volkswagen ID.4 : 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. In fact, when a plate replacement is made, to take off the old one the process used is to drill the existing rivets in order 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 Volkswagen ID.4 linked to a rivet, you will need to verify that it is in the tailgate open it and stir it to define 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 disturbing case, you will have to take off the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
