If you find a noise on your car, you are right to be attentive of it and take it seriously, although it is plausible that nothing critical will occur, it is also plausible that it is the sign of a more significant restoration. A noise that comes out in the trunk of your Infiniti M is thankfully more a sign of a small adjustment or service, rather than a complex one. To help you in your research, we have chosen to produce this article to present you with the most likely solutions to your issue. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Infiniti M 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 Infiniti M : Accumulated dirt that triggers poor closing
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We will therefore begin with a trunk noise on your Infiniti M created by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. Indeed, it is plausible that on a car that is already a few years old and whose cleaning is not always a top priority or that the roads used are not very clean that dirt builds up at the trunk gasket. This issue triggers a poor closure of the trunk and a noise that can sound like a crack. To check if you are in this condition, open the trunk of your Infiniti M, 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 impact. 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 Infiniti M that is linked to other origins such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to consult this article on the noises at the back of a Infiniti M.
Noise in the trunk of my Infiniti M : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second possibility, you may also, over time, experience a locking system that has taken up some play. And this is one of the most potential possibilities. Indeed, knowing a trunk noise on your Infiniti M is very often linked to this issue. Several solutions are existing 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 system with thick grease is appropriate to resolve 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 case you would have to take off the cover that enables 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. You should check the centering of the striker in connection with the trunk lock. If after looking at the trunk of your Infiniti M closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, replicate the procedure by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Infiniti M : 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 at the rear of your plate. Indeed, when a plate swap is made, to take out the old one the process 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 trigger an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Infiniti M linked to a rivet, you will need to check 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 take out the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
