If you pay attention to a noise on your automobile, you are right to be concerned of it and take it seriously, although it is conceivable that nothing significant will happen, it is also conceivable that it is the signal of a more important fix. A noise that appears in the trunk of your Chevrolet Equinox is luckily more a sign of a small adjustment or repair, rather than a complicated one. To help you in your research, we have decided to generate this article to present you with the most likely solutions to your trouble. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Chevrolet Equinox 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 Chevrolet Equinox : Accumulated dirt that causes poor closing
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We will therefore start with a trunk noise on your Chevrolet Equinox generated by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. In fact, it is conceivable that on a automobile 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 accumulates at the trunk gasket. This trouble causes a poor closure of the trunk and a noise that can sound like a crack. To check if you are in this circumstance, open the trunk of your Chevrolet Equinox, 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 difference. 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 Chevrolet Equinox that is connected to other origins such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to consult this article on the noises at the back of a Chevrolet Equinox.
Noise in the trunk of my Chevrolet Equinox : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second possibility, you may also, over time, encounter a locking system that has taken up some play. And this is one of the most probably alternatives. In fact, knowing a trunk noise on your Chevrolet Equinox is very often connected to this trouble. Some 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 solve the trouble. 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 circumstance you would have to take off 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. Remember to check the centering of the striker in regards to the trunk lock. If after checking out the trunk of your Chevrolet Equinox closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, repeat the process by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Chevrolet Equinox : 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. In fact, when a plate replacement is done, to take out the old one the technique used is to drill the existing rivets to be able to released 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 Chevrolet Equinox linked to a rivet, you will need to check 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.
