If you pay attention to a noise on your car, you are right to be attentive of it and take it seriously, although it is possible that nothing major will occur, it is also possible that it is the sign of a more important restoration. A noise that shows up in the trunk of your Chevrolet Spark is luckily more a indicator of a small correction or service, rather than a complicated one. To help you in your research, we have decided to compose this content to present you with the most likely solutions to your issue. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Chevrolet Spark can come from built up 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 Chevrolet Spark : Built up dirt that triggers poor closing
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We will therefore begin with a trunk noise on your Chevrolet Spark caused by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. Indeed, it is possible that on a car 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 builds up at the trunk gasket. This issue triggers 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 Chevrolet Spark, verify the state 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 Chevrolet Spark that is connected to other sources such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to read this content on the noises at the back of a Chevrolet Spark.
Noise in the trunk of my Chevrolet Spark : 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 potential alternatives. Indeed, knowing a trunk noise on your Chevrolet Spark is very frequently connected to this issue. Several 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 mechanism with thick grease is sufficient 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 take out the cover that enables 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. Don’t forget to verify the centering of the striker in connection with the trunk lock. If after checking out the trunk of your Chevrolet Spark closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, replicate the procedure by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Chevrolet Spark : 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 backside your plate. Indeed, when a plate replacement is made, to take off the old one the process used is to drill the existing rivets to be able 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 cause an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Chevrolet Spark linked to a rivet, you will need to verify that it is in the tailgate open it and stir it to discern 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 off the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
