If you detect 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 significant restoration. A noise that comes out in the trunk of your Ford Mondeo 4 is thankfully more a sign of a small correction or service, rather than a complex one. To support you in your research, we have chosen to write this content to present you with the most likely solutions to your trouble. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Ford Mondeo 4 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 Ford Mondeo 4 : Built up dirt that causes poor closing
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We will therefore start with a trunk noise on your Ford Mondeo 4 generated 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 top 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 scenario, open the trunk of your Ford Mondeo 4, check 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 Ford Mondeo 4 that is connected to other origins such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to consult this content on the noises at the back of a Ford Mondeo 4.
Noise in the trunk of my Ford Mondeo 4 : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second possibility, you may also, over time, be the victim of a locking system that became loose. And this is one of the most probably alternatives. Indeed, knowing a trunk noise on your Ford Mondeo 4 is very frequently connected to this trouble. Some 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 eliminate 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 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. Remember to check the centering of the striker in relation to the trunk lock. If after checking out the trunk of your Ford Mondeo 4 closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, replicate the process by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Ford Mondeo 4 : 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 backside your plate. Indeed, when a plate change is made, to take out 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 generate an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Ford Mondeo 4 linked to a rivet, you will need to check that it is in the tailgate open it and stir it to distinguish the noise. If this is your situation, you will have to remove 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.
