If you identify a noise on your vehicle, you are right to be attentive of it and take it seriously, although it is possible that nothing critical will result, it is also possible that it is the signal of a more important repair. A noise that appears in the trunk of your Fiat 500 X is fortunately more a signal of a small adjustment or repair, rather than a difficult one. To support you in your research, we have decided to write this content page to present you with the most likely solutions to your issue. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Fiat 500 X can come from accumulated 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 Fiat 500 X : Built up dirt that causes poor closing
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We will therefore start with a trunk noise on your Fiat 500 X created 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 top priority or that the roads used are not very clean that dirt accumulates at the trunk gasket. This issue causes a poor closure of the trunk and a noise that can sound like a crack. To examine if you are in this situation, open the trunk of your Fiat 500 X, examine 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 Fiat 500 X that is relating to other sources such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to read this content page on the noises at the back of a Fiat 500 X.
Noise in the trunk of my Fiat 500 X : 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 likely alternatives. In fact, knowing a trunk noise on your Fiat 500 X is very often relating to this issue. 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 system with thick grease is appropriate to resolve the problem. 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 remove 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. Remember to examine the centering of the striker in relation to the trunk lock. If after checking the trunk of your Fiat 500 X closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, repeat the process by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Fiat 500 X : Rivet following plate swap in the trunk/ bumper
Finally, one of the last possibilities. It is that following a license plate swap you were unlucky and that a piece of rivet fell backside your plate. In fact, when a plate replacement is done, to take off the old one the procedure used is to drill the existing rivets in order to put out 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 Fiat 500 X linked to a rivet, you will need to examine that it is in the tailgate open it and stir it to discern the noise. If this is your case, 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 unpleasant case, you will have to take off the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
