If you notice 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 signal of a more significant restoration. A noise that comes out in the trunk of your Mitsubishi Mirage is luckily more a indicator of a small manipulation or restoration, rather than a complicated one. To support you in your research, we have decided to compose this article to present you with the most likely solutions to your issue. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Mitsubishi Mirage 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 Mitsubishi Mirage : Built up dirt that causes poor closing
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We will therefore begin with a trunk noise on your Mitsubishi Mirage generated by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. In fact, it is possible that on a vehicle 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 issue causes 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 Mitsubishi Mirage, verify 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 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 Mitsubishi Mirage that is related to other sources such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to read this article on the noises at the back of a Mitsubishi Mirage.
Noise in the trunk of my Mitsubishi Mirage : 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 alternatives. In fact, knowing a trunk noise on your Mitsubishi Mirage is very frequently related to this issue. Different solutions are available to you depending on the level of play you have with your lock. The first is that occasionally the offset is minimal and a simple greasing of the mechanism with thick grease is more than enough to resolve 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 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, just push it back a little towards the inside of the trunk and tighten it again. Don’t forget to check the centering of the striker in relation to the trunk lock. If after verifying the trunk of your Mitsubishi Mirage closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, duplicate the process by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Mitsubishi Mirage : Rivet following plate swap in the trunk/ bumper
Finally, one of the last possibilities. It is that following a license plate swap you were unlucky and that a piece of rivet fell backside your plate. In fact, when a plate change is made, to take off the old one the process used is to drill the existing rivets in order 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 create an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Mitsubishi Mirage 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 take out 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 take off the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
