If you pay attention to a noise on your car, you are right to be aware of it and take it seriously, although it is plausible that nothing significant will happen, it is also plausible that it is the indication of a more important restoration. A noise that shows up in the trunk of your Hyundai Accent is fortunately more a sign of a small correction or restoration, rather than a difficult one. To support you in your research, we have decided to compose this article to present you with the most likely solutions to your issue. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Hyundai Accent 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 Hyundai Accent : Accumulated dirt that triggers poor closing
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We will therefore begin with a trunk noise on your Hyundai Accent induced by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. In fact, it is plausible that on a car 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 collects 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 circumstance, open the trunk of your Hyundai Accent, 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 plausible however that you have a trunk noise on your Hyundai Accent that is relating to other sources such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to consult this article on the noises at the back of a Hyundai Accent.
Noise in the trunk of my Hyundai Accent : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second probability, you may also, over time, experience a locking system that has taken up some play. And this is one of the most potential alternatives. In fact, knowing a trunk noise on your Hyundai Accent is very frequently relating to this issue. Several solutions are available to you subject to the level of play you have with your lock. The first is that sometimes the offset is minimal and a simple greasing of the system with thick grease is more than enough to eliminate the trouble. Secondly, it is also plausible 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 take off 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. Remember to examine the centering of the striker in connection with the trunk lock. If after examining the trunk of your Hyundai Accent closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, repeat the operation by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Hyundai Accent : Rivet following plate change in the trunk/ bumper
Finally, one of the last possibilities. It is that following a license plate change you were unlucky and that a piece of rivet fell behind your plate. In fact, when a plate swap is made, to take out the old one the strategy used is to drill the existing rivets in order to released 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 create an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Hyundai Accent 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 take out the linings from the trunk to remove it. Finally, if it is your bumper, it is in this rarer and more problematic situation, you will have to take out the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
