If you identify a noise on your vehicle, you are right to be aware of it and take it seriously, although it is conceivable that nothing significant will occur, it is also conceivable that it is the indication of a more important repair. A noise that occurs in the trunk of your volvo v70 is luckily more a sign of a small adjustment or repair, rather than a complex one. To help you in your research, we have decided 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 volvo v70 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 volvo v70 : Accumulated dirt that causes poor closing
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We will therefore begin with a trunk noise on your volvo v70 caused by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. In fact, it is conceivable that on a vehicle that is already a few years old and whose cleaning is not always a priority 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 circumstance, open the trunk of your volvo v70, check the state 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 improvement. 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 volvo v70 that is connected to other sources such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to read this content on the noises at the back of a volvo v70.
Noise in the trunk of my volvo v70 : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second possibility, you may also, over time, be the victim of a locking system that became loose. And this is one of the most likely possibilities. In fact, knowing a trunk noise on your volvo v70 is very often connected to this issue. Different solutions are available to you subject 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 mechanism with thick grease is more than enough to solve 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, 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 regards to the trunk lock. If after examining the trunk of your volvo v70 closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, duplicate the operation by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk volvo v70 : 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 backside your plate. In fact, when a plate change is done, to remove the old one the technique used is to drill the existing rivets in order 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 create an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your volvo v70 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 embarrassing case, you will have to remove the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
