If you find a noise on your vehicle, you are right to be aware of it and take it seriously, although it is possible that nothing critical will result, it is also possible that it is the symptom of a more significant repair. A noise that shows up in the trunk of your Fiat Idea is thankfully more a indicator of a small manipulation or fix, rather than a complicated one. To help you in your research, we have decided to produce this article to present you with the most likely solutions to your trouble. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Fiat Idea 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 Fiat Idea : Accumulated dirt that triggers poor closing
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We will therefore begin with a trunk noise on your Fiat Idea triggered 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 main concern or that the roads used are not very clean that dirt accumulates at the trunk gasket. This trouble triggers a poor closure of the trunk and a noise that can sound like a crack. To verify if you are in this condition, open the trunk of your Fiat Idea, 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 Fiat Idea that is relating 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 Fiat Idea.
Noise in the trunk of my Fiat Idea : 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 likely alternatives. In fact, knowing a trunk noise on your Fiat Idea is very frequently relating to this trouble. Some solutions are existing to you depending on 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 mechanism with thick grease is good enough to resolve the trouble. 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 strip off the cover that will allow 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. Make sure to verify the centering of the striker in connection with the trunk lock. If after checking the trunk of your Fiat Idea closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, duplicate the operation by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Fiat Idea : 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 change is made, to take out the old one the strategy 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 cause an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Fiat Idea linked to a rivet, you will need to verify that it is in the tailgate open it and stir it to define 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 out the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
