If you find a noise on your vehicle, you are right to be concerned of it and take it seriously, although it is possible that nothing critical will happen, it is also possible that it is the indication of a more significant fix. A noise that occurs in the trunk of your Cadillac XT5 is fortunately more a sign of a small manipulation or fix, rather than a difficult one. To support you in your research, we have chosen to write this content to present you with the most likely solutions to your issue. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Cadillac XT5 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 Cadillac XT5 : Accumulated dirt that causes poor closing
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We will therefore begin with a trunk noise on your Cadillac XT5 caused by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. Indeed, it is possible that on a vehicle 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 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 Cadillac XT5, verify 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 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 Cadillac XT5 that is related to other sources such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to consult this content on the noises at the back of a Cadillac XT5.
Noise in the trunk of my Cadillac XT5 : 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 probably possibilities. Indeed, knowing a trunk noise on your Cadillac XT5 is very frequently related to this issue. Several solutions are available to you according 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 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 take out the cover that allows 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 verifying the trunk of your Cadillac XT5 closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, replicate the procedure by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Cadillac XT5 : 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 at the rear of your plate. Indeed, when a plate replacement is made, to take off the old one the process 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 Cadillac XT5 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 remove the linings from the trunk to remove it. Finally, if it is your bumper, it is in this rarer and more unpleasant case, you will have to take off the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
