If you identify a noise on your vehicle, you are right to be concerned of it and take it seriously, although it is possible that nothing major will results, it is also possible that it is the indication of a more significant fix. A noise that occurs in the trunk of your Volkswagen Scirocco is fortunately more a sign of a small correction or fix, rather than a complicated one. To support you in your research, we have chosen to write 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 Scirocco 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 Volkswagen Scirocco : Accumulated dirt that triggers poor closing
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We will therefore start with a trunk noise on your Volkswagen Scirocco triggered by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. Indeed, it is possible 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 accumulates at the trunk gasket. This trouble triggers 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 Scirocco, examine 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 possible however that you have a trunk noise on your Volkswagen Scirocco that is linked 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 Scirocco.
Noise in the trunk of my Volkswagen Scirocco : 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 possibilities. Indeed, knowing a trunk noise on your Volkswagen Scirocco is very often linked to this trouble. Different solutions are available to you according to the level of play you have with your lock. The first is that sometimes the offset is minimal and a simple greasing of the system with thick grease is sufficient to fix the issue. 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 take out the cover that enables 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 verify the centering of the striker in connection with the trunk lock. If after looking at the trunk of your Volkswagen Scirocco closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, replicate the operation by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Volkswagen Scirocco : 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 take out the old one the process used is to drill the existing rivets to be able 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 generate an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Volkswagen Scirocco linked to a rivet, you will need to verify that it is in the tailgate open it and stir it to distinguish 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 unpleasant case, you will have to take out the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
