If you pay attention to a noise on your vehicle, you are right to be concerned of it and take it seriously, although it is conceivable that nothing significant will occur, it is also conceivable that it is the signal of a more significant restoration. A noise that shows up in the trunk of your Ford Fiesta 4 is fortunately more a signal of a small manipulation or service, rather than a complicated one. To help you in your research, we have decided to write this content page to present you with the most likely solutions to your trouble. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Ford Fiesta 4 can come from built up 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 Fiesta 4 : Accumulated dirt that triggers poor closing
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We will therefore begin with a trunk noise on your Ford Fiesta 4 triggered by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. Indeed, it is conceivable 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 collects at the trunk gasket. This trouble triggers 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 Ford Fiesta 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 conceivable however that you have a trunk noise on your Ford Fiesta 4 that is related to other origins such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to consult this content page on the noises at the back of a Ford Fiesta 4.
Noise in the trunk of my Ford Fiesta 4 : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second possibility, you may also, over time, experience a locking system that has taken up some play. And this is one of the most likely alternatives. Indeed, knowing a trunk noise on your Ford Fiesta 4 is very often related to this trouble. Some solutions are existing to you according 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 more than enough to solve the problem. Secondly, it is also conceivable 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 permits access to the lock (inside the trunk). Then, using torx screws, you unscrew the striker attached to the threshold, just push it back a little towards the inside of the trunk and tighten it again. Make sure to check the centering of the striker in regards to the trunk lock. If after checking out the trunk of your Ford Fiesta 4 closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, repeat the procedure by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Ford Fiesta 4 : 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 swap is done, to take off the old one the process used is to drill the existing rivets to be able to put out 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 provoke an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Ford Fiesta 4 linked to a rivet, you will need to check that it is in the tailgate open it and stir it to identify 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 unpleasant situation, you will have to take off the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
