If you pay attention to a noise on your vehicle, you are right to be attentive of it and take it seriously, although it is conceivable that nothing major will results, it is also conceivable that it is the symptom of a more important fix. A noise that occurs in the trunk of your Volkswagen Tiguan is fortunately more a indicator of a small correction or service, rather than a difficult one. To help you in your research, we have chosen to produce this content to present you with the most likely solutions to your issue. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Volkswagen Tiguan can come from accumulated 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 Tiguan : Accumulated dirt that causes poor closing
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We will therefore begin with a trunk noise on your Volkswagen Tiguan triggered by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. Indeed, it is conceivable that on a vehicle 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 collects 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 scenario, open the trunk of your Volkswagen Tiguan, verify 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 impact. If this is not the case, continue to the other hypotheses that will probably give a solution. It is conceivable however that you have a trunk noise on your Volkswagen Tiguan that is relating to other sources such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to have a look to this content on the noises at the back of a Volkswagen Tiguan.
Noise in the trunk of my Volkswagen Tiguan : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second possibility, you may also, over time, knowledge a locking system that became loose. And this is one of the most potential alternatives. Indeed, knowing a trunk noise on your Volkswagen Tiguan is very frequently relating to this issue. Different solutions are available to you according to the level of play you have with your lock. The first is that in some cases the offset is minimal and a simple greasing of the mechanism with thick grease is sufficient to fix the problem. Secondly, it is also conceivable 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 take out the cover that will allow 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. Remember to verify the centering of the striker in connection with the trunk lock. If after examining the trunk of your Volkswagen Tiguan closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, duplicate the procedure by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Volkswagen Tiguan : Rivet following plate swap in the trunk/ bumper
Finally, one of the last possibilities. It is that following a license plate swap you were unlucky and that a piece of rivet fell at the rear of your plate. Indeed, when a plate change is done, to take out the old one the procedure used is to drill the existing rivets in order to released 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 Tiguan 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 situation, 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 situation, you will have to take out the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
