If you identify a noise on your automobile, you are right to be concerned of it and take it seriously, although it is possible that nothing serious will result, it is also possible that it is the symptom of a more critical fix. A noise that happens in the trunk of your Lincoln MKC is luckily more a signal of a small manipulation or repair, rather than a difficult one. To help you in your research, we have chosen to produce this content to present you with the most likely solutions to your problem. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Lincoln MKC 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 Lincoln MKC : Accumulated dirt that causes poor closing
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We will therefore begin with a trunk noise on your Lincoln MKC triggered by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. In fact, it is possible 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 collects at the trunk gasket. This problem 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 Lincoln MKC, examine the state 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 impact. 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 Lincoln MKC that is relating to other origins such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to read this content on the noises at the back of a Lincoln MKC.
Noise in the trunk of my Lincoln MKC : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second possibility, 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 Lincoln MKC is very frequently relating to this problem. Different solutions are existing to you according to the level of play you have with your lock. The first is that occasionally the offset is minimal and a simple greasing of the system with thick grease is more than enough to resolve the problem. 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 take out the cover that permits 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. Be sure you verify the centering of the striker in regards to the trunk lock. If after looking at the trunk of your Lincoln MKC closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, replicate the operation by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Lincoln MKC : 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 swap is done, to take out the old one the technique used is to drill the existing rivets to be able to released 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 generate an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Lincoln MKC 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 situation, 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 unpleasant situation, you will have to take out the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
