If you find a noise on your vehicle, you are right to be aware of it and take it seriously, although it is possible that nothing major will occur, it is also possible that it is the sign of a more critical restoration. A noise that happens in the trunk of your Mercedes Benz GLE Class is thankfully more a indication of a small adjustment or service, rather than a difficult one. To support 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 Mercedes Benz GLE Class can come from accumulated 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 Mercedes Benz GLE Class : Built up dirt that causes poor closing
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We will therefore start with a trunk noise on your Mercedes Benz GLE Class induced 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 priority 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 situation, open the trunk of your Mercedes Benz GLE Class, examine the condition of the gasket that goes 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 possible however that you have a trunk noise on your Mercedes Benz GLE Class that is relating 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 Mercedes Benz GLE Class.
Noise in the trunk of my Mercedes Benz GLE Class : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second probability, you may also, over time, encounter a locking system that has taken up some play. And this is one of the most likely possibilities. Indeed, knowing a trunk noise on your Mercedes Benz GLE Class is very frequently relating to this issue. Different solutions are existing to you depending on 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 appropriate to eliminate the issue. 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 circumstance you would have to strip 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, just push it back a little towards the inside of the trunk and tighten it again. Don’t forget to verify the centering of the striker in relation to the trunk lock. If after checking the trunk of your Mercedes Benz GLE Class closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, replicate the operation by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Mercedes Benz GLE Class : 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. Indeed, when a plate replacement is made, to take out the old one the procedure used is to drill the existing rivets to be able to put out 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 create an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Mercedes Benz GLE Class linked to a rivet, you will need to verify that it is in the tailgate open it and stir it to identify 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 embarrassing case, you will have to take out the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
