If you find a noise on your vehicle, you are right to be aware of it and take it seriously, although it is conceivable that nothing critical will results, it is also conceivable that it is the sign of a more important fix. A noise that comes out in the trunk of your Land Rover Discovery is fortunately more a signal of a small manipulation or fix, rather than a difficult one. To support you in your research, we have decided to produce this content page to present you with the most likely solutions to your problem. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Land Rover Discovery can come from accumulated 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 Land Rover Discovery : Built up dirt that causes poor closing
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We will therefore start with a trunk noise on your Land Rover Discovery induced by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. In fact, it is conceivable that on a vehicle 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 problem causes 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 Land Rover Discovery, 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 Land Rover Discovery that is relating to other origins such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to consult this content page on the noises at the back of a Land Rover Discovery.
Noise in the trunk of my Land Rover Discovery : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second possibility, you may also, over time, encounter a locking system that became loose. And this is one of the most potential alternatives. In fact, knowing a trunk noise on your Land Rover Discovery is very frequently relating to this problem. Different solutions are existing to you subject to the level of play you have with your lock. The first is that occasionally the offset is minimal and a simple greasing of the mechanism with thick grease is more than enough to solve 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 strip off 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. Be sure you check the centering of the striker in regards to the trunk lock. If after checking the trunk of your Land Rover Discovery closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, repeat the operation by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Land Rover Discovery : 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 at the rear of your plate. In fact, when a plate swap is done, to take off the old one the process 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 cause an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Land Rover Discovery 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 take out the linings from the trunk to remove it. Finally, if it is your bumper, it is in this rarer and more unpleasant case, you will have to take off the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
