If you acknowledge a noise on your car, you are right to be aware of it and take it seriously, although it is plausible that nothing critical will result, it is also plausible that it is the symptom of a more important fix. A noise that occurs in the trunk of your Maserati Ghibli is thankfully more a indicator of a small manipulation or repair, rather than a complicated one. To support you in your research, we have chosen to compose this content to present you with the most likely solutions to your trouble. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Maserati Ghibli can come from accumulated dirt, the trouble 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 Maserati Ghibli : Built up dirt that causes poor closing
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We will therefore start with a trunk noise on your Maserati Ghibli triggered by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. In fact, it is plausible that on a car 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 builds up at the trunk gasket. This trouble 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 Maserati Ghibli, examine 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 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 Maserati Ghibli that is relating to other origins such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to consult this content on the noises at the back of a Maserati Ghibli.
Noise in the trunk of my Maserati Ghibli : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second possibility, you may also, over time, be the victim of a locking system that has taken up some play. And this is one of the most potential alternatives. In fact, knowing a trunk noise on your Maserati Ghibli is very frequently relating to this trouble. Some solutions are existing to you subject to the level of play you have with your lock. The first is that oftentimes the offset is minimal and a simple greasing of the mechanism with thick grease is more than enough to fix the problem. 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 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, simply push it back a little towards the inside of the trunk and tighten it again. You should check the centering of the striker in relation to the trunk lock. If after checking the trunk of your Maserati Ghibli closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, repeat the process by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Maserati Ghibli : Rivet following plate change in the trunk/ bumper
Finally, one of the last possibilities. It is that following a license plate change you were unfortunate and that a piece of rivet fell behind your plate. In fact, when a plate change is made, to take out the old one the process used is to drill the existing rivets in order to release the license plate. Sadly, 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 Maserati Ghibli 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 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 disturbing case, you will have to take out the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
