If you find a noise on your vehicle, you are right to be concerned of it and take it seriously, although it is conceivable that nothing critical will results, it is also conceivable that it is the signal of a more critical restoration. A noise that comes out in the trunk of your Kia Soul is luckily more a indication of a small manipulation or fix, rather than a complicated one. To support you in your research, we have decided to produce this article to present you with the most likely solutions to your issue. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Kia Soul can come from built up 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 Kia Soul : Accumulated dirt that triggers poor closing
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We will therefore begin with a trunk noise on your Kia Soul created by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. Indeed, it is conceivable 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 issue triggers a poor closure of the trunk and a noise that can sound like a crack. To check if you are in this condition, open the trunk of your Kia Soul, verify the condition 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 conceivable however that you have a trunk noise on your Kia Soul that is connected to other origins such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to read this article on the noises at the back of a Kia Soul.
Noise in the trunk of my Kia Soul : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second probability, you may also, over time, encounter a locking system that has taken up some play. And this is one of the most potential possibilities. Indeed, knowing a trunk noise on your Kia Soul is very frequently connected to this issue. Some solutions are available to you subject to the level of play you have with your lock. The first is that quite often the offset is minimal and a simple greasing of the system with thick grease is more than enough to solve the issue. 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 circumstance you would have to take out the cover that will allow 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. Make sure to check the centering of the striker in connection with the trunk lock. If after verifying the trunk of your Kia Soul closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, duplicate the procedure by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Kia Soul : 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. Indeed, when a plate change is made, to take out the old one the strategy 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 Kia Soul linked to a rivet, you will need to check 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 embarrassing case, you will have to take out the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
