If you detect a noise on your automobile, you are right to be concerned of it and take it seriously, although it is conceivable that nothing major will result, it is also conceivable that it is the signal of a more significant restoration. A noise that happens in the trunk of your Hyundai Ioniq is luckily more a signal of a small correction or service, rather than a difficult one. To help you in your research, we have chosen to generate this content page to present you with the most likely solutions to your issue. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Hyundai Ioniq 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 Ioniq : Built up dirt that causes poor closing
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We will therefore begin with a trunk noise on your Hyundai Ioniq generated by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. Indeed, it is conceivable that on a automobile 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 collects at the trunk gasket. This issue causes a poor closure of the trunk and a noise that can sound like a crack. To check if you are in this circumstance, open the trunk of your Hyundai Ioniq, verify the condition 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 improvement. 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 Hyundai Ioniq 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 Hyundai Ioniq.
Noise in the trunk of my Hyundai Ioniq : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second possibility, you may also, over time, knowledge a locking system that became loose. And this is one of the most probably alternatives. Indeed, knowing a trunk noise on your Hyundai Ioniq is very often related to this issue. Different solutions are available to you according 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 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 take out 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 connection with the trunk lock. If after examining the trunk of your Hyundai Ioniq closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, duplicate the procedure by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Hyundai Ioniq : 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 at the rear of your plate. Indeed, when a plate replacement is made, to take out the old one the technique 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 create an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Hyundai Ioniq linked to a rivet, you will need to check 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 embarrassing case, you will have to take out the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
