If you find a noise on your automobile, you are right to be attentive of it and take it seriously, although it is plausible that nothing critical will results, it is also plausible that it is the signal of a more critical repair. A noise that comes out in the trunk of your Ram ProMaster is fortunately more a indication of a small correction or fix, rather than a complex one. To support you in your research, we have chosen to produce this article to present you with the most likely solutions to your problem. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Ram ProMaster can come from built up dirt, the problem 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 Ram ProMaster : Built up dirt that triggers poor closing
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We will therefore begin with a trunk noise on your Ram ProMaster induced by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. In fact, it is plausible that on a automobile 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 accumulates at the trunk gasket. This problem 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 Ram ProMaster, check 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 Ram ProMaster that is related 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 Ram ProMaster.
Noise in the trunk of my Ram ProMaster : 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 probably possibilities. In fact, knowing a trunk noise on your Ram ProMaster is very frequently related to this problem. Some 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 fix the issue. 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 remove 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. Make sure to check the centering of the striker in relation to the trunk lock. If after examining the trunk of your Ram ProMaster closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, duplicate the process by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Ram ProMaster : Rivet following plate change in the trunk/ bumper
Finally, one of the last possibilities. It is that following a license plate change you were unlucky and that a piece of rivet fell behind your plate. In fact, when a plate swap is made, to remove the old one the procedure used is to drill the existing rivets in order 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 induce an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Ram ProMaster linked to a rivet, you will need to check that it is in the tailgate open it and stir it to specify 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 embarrassing situation, you will have to remove the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
