If you find a noise on your automobile, you are right to be concerned of it and take it seriously, although it is possible that nothing significant will occur, it is also possible that it is the signal of a more critical repair. A noise that comes out in the trunk of your Ford Ecosport is fortunately more a indicator of a small adjustment or restoration, rather than a complex one. To help you in your research, we have chosen to produce this content page to present you with the most likely solutions to your problem. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Ford Ecosport 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 Ford Ecosport : Accumulated dirt that causes poor closing
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We will therefore start with a trunk noise on your Ford Ecosport induced by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. Indeed, it is possible that on a automobile 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 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 Ford Ecosport, check the condition 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 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 Ford Ecosport that is related to other sources such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to consult this content page on the noises at the back of a Ford Ecosport.
Noise in the trunk of my Ford Ecosport : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second probability, you may also, over time, knowledge a locking system that became loose. And this is one of the most probably alternatives. Indeed, knowing a trunk noise on your Ford Ecosport is very often related to this problem. Different solutions are available 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 appropriate 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 case you would have to strip off the cover that permits 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. Be sure you verify the centering of the striker in relation to the trunk lock. If after looking at the trunk of your Ford Ecosport closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, duplicate the operation by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Ford Ecosport : 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 behind your plate. Indeed, when a plate swap is made, to take out the old one the process 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 provoke an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Ford Ecosport 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 take out the linings from the trunk to remove it. Finally, if it is your bumper, it is in this rarer and more problematic case, you will have to take out the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
