If you pay attention to a noise on your vehicle, you are right to be attentive of it and take it seriously, although it is possible that nothing significant will results, it is also possible that it is the symptom of a more significant fix. A noise that occurs in the trunk of your Infiniti Q50 is luckily more a indication of a small correction or fix, rather than a difficult one. To support you in your research, we have chosen to write this article to present you with the most likely solutions to your trouble. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Infiniti Q50 can come from accumulated 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 Infiniti Q50 : Built up dirt that causes poor closing
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We will therefore begin with a trunk noise on your Infiniti Q50 caused by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. In fact, it is possible that on a vehicle 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 builds up at the trunk gasket. This trouble causes a poor closure of the trunk and a noise that can sound like a crack. To verify if you are in this circumstance, open the trunk of your Infiniti Q50, 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 difference. 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 Infiniti Q50 that is relating to other sources such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to read this article on the noises at the back of a Infiniti Q50.
Noise in the trunk of my Infiniti Q50 : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second possibility, you may also, over time, encounter 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 Infiniti Q50 is very frequently relating to this trouble. Some solutions are existing to you subject 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 good enough to eliminate the issue. 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 case 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. You should verify the centering of the striker in connection with the trunk lock. If after examining the trunk of your Infiniti Q50 closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, repeat the operation by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Infiniti Q50 : 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 backside your plate. In fact, when a plate change is made, to take off 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 trigger an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Infiniti Q50 linked to a rivet, you will need to verify that it is in the tailgate open it and stir it to identify 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 disturbing situation, you will have to take off the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
