If you find a noise on your vehicle, you are right to be attentive of it and take it seriously, although it is possible that nothing critical will happen, it is also possible that it is the signal of a more significant restoration. A noise that occurs in the trunk of your Nissan Xterra is fortunately more a signal of a small manipulation or fix, rather than a difficult one. To help you in your research, we have chosen to compose this article to present you with the most likely solutions to your trouble. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Nissan Xterra 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 Nissan Xterra : Accumulated dirt that causes poor closing
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We will therefore start with a trunk noise on your Nissan Xterra created by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. In fact, it is possible 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 trouble causes 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 Nissan Xterra, check 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 possible however that you have a trunk noise on your Nissan Xterra that is relating to other sources such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to consult this article on the noises at the back of a Nissan Xterra.
Noise in the trunk of my Nissan Xterra : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second possibility, you may also, over time, experience a locking system that became loose. And this is one of the most potential possibilities. In fact, knowing a trunk noise on your Nissan Xterra is very frequently relating to this trouble. Different solutions are existing to you subject 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 system with thick grease is more than enough to eliminate the trouble. 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 case you would have to strip off 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. Make sure to verify the centering of the striker in connection with the trunk lock. If after checking the trunk of your Nissan Xterra closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, repeat the procedure by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Nissan Xterra : Rivet following plate swap in the trunk/ bumper
Finally, one of the last possibilities. It is that following a license plate swap you were unfortunate and that a piece of rivet fell backside your plate. In fact, when a plate change is done, to remove the old one the process used is to drill the existing rivets to be able to release 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 cause an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Nissan Xterra 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 take out the linings from the trunk to remove it. Finally, if it is your bumper, it is in this rarer and more problematic case, you will have to remove the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
