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 significant will occur, it is also possible that it is the symptom of a more significant fix. A noise that comes out in the trunk of your Ford Ranger is thankfully more a signal of a small adjustment or restoration, rather than a complex one. To support you in your research, we have chosen to produce this content to present you with the most likely solutions to your issue. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Ford Ranger 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 Ford Ranger : Accumulated dirt that triggers poor closing
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We will therefore start with a trunk noise on your Ford Ranger triggered 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 priority or that the roads used are not very clean that dirt accumulates at the trunk gasket. This issue triggers 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 Ford Ranger, check 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 impact. 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 Ranger that is related to other sources such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to read this content on the noises at the back of a Ford Ranger.
Noise in the trunk of my Ford Ranger : 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. Indeed, knowing a trunk noise on your Ford Ranger is very frequently related to this issue. Some solutions are existing to you subject 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 mechanism with thick grease is enough to fix 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 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, just push it back a little towards the inside of the trunk and tighten it again. Be sure you examine the centering of the striker in relation to the trunk lock. If after examining the trunk of your Ford Ranger closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, repeat the process by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Ford Ranger : 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 done, to remove the old one the process used is to drill the existing rivets to be able 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 provoke an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Ford Ranger linked to a rivet, you will need to examine that it is in the tailgate open it and stir it to distinguish 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 unpleasant case, you will have to remove the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
