If you identify a noise on your car, you are right to be careful of it and take it seriously, although it is conceivable that nothing serious will result, it is also conceivable that it is the indication of a more significant repair. A noise that happens in the trunk of your Honda E is luckily more a indication of a small adjustment or repair, rather than a complex 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 problem. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Honda E can come from built up dirt, the problem 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 Honda E : Built up dirt that triggers poor closing
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We will therefore start with a trunk noise on your Honda E caused by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. Indeed, it is conceivable 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 problem triggers a poor closure of the trunk and a noise that can sound like a crack. To examine if you are in this scenario, open the trunk of your Honda E, check the state of the gasket that runs 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 conceivable however that you have a trunk noise on your Honda E that is related to other sources such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to consult this content page on the noises at the back of a Honda E.
Noise in the trunk of my Honda E : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second possibility, you may also, over time, experience a locking system that became loose. And this is one of the most potential possibilities. Indeed, knowing a trunk noise on your Honda E is very often related to this problem. Several solutions are available to you subject to the level of play you have with your lock. The first is that oftentimes the offset is minimal and a simple greasing of the mechanism with thick grease is enough to resolve the trouble. 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 take out the cover that allows 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 examine the centering of the striker in relation to the trunk lock. If after verifying the trunk of your Honda E closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, duplicate the procedure by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Honda E : 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 behind your plate. Indeed, when a plate replacement is done, to take out the old one the strategy 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 Honda E 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 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.
