If you identify a noise on your automobile, you are right to be aware of it and take it seriously, although it is plausible that nothing serious will result, it is also plausible that it is the symptom of a more critical repair. A noise that happens in the trunk of your Hyundai Sonata is thankfully more a signal of a small manipulation or repair, rather than a difficult one. To help you in your research, we have decided to generate this article to present you with the most likely solutions to your issue. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Hyundai Sonata 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 Hyundai Sonata : Built up dirt that causes poor closing
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We will therefore start with a trunk noise on your Hyundai Sonata created 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 accumulates 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 condition, open the trunk of your Hyundai Sonata, examine 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 improvement. 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 Hyundai Sonata that is linked to other sources such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to have a look to this article on the noises at the back of a Hyundai Sonata.
Noise in the trunk of my Hyundai Sonata : 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 Hyundai Sonata is very often linked to this issue. Several solutions are available 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 enough to eliminate the trouble. 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, just push it back a little towards the inside of the trunk and tighten it again. Be sure you verify the centering of the striker in connection with the trunk lock. If after verifying the trunk of your Hyundai Sonata closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, replicate the process by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Hyundai Sonata : 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 backside your plate. Indeed, when a plate change is done, to remove the old one the strategy used is to drill the existing rivets to be able 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 cause an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Hyundai Sonata 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 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 remove the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
