If you detect a noise on your automobile, you are right to be attentive of it and take it seriously, although it is conceivable that nothing significant will result, it is also conceivable that it is the signal of a more important fix. A noise that occurs in the trunk of your Land Rover Evoque is luckily more a indication of a small adjustment or fix, rather than a complicated one. To support you in your research, we have chosen to produce this article to present you with the most likely solutions to your problem. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Land Rover Evoque 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 Evoque : Accumulated dirt that triggers poor closing
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We will therefore start with a trunk noise on your Land Rover Evoque 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 priority or that the roads used are not very clean that dirt builds up at the trunk gasket. This problem triggers a poor closure of the trunk and a noise that can sound like a crack. To check if you are in this scenario, open the trunk of your Land Rover Evoque, 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 impact. 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 Evoque that is related to other sources such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to consult this article on the noises at the back of a Land Rover Evoque.
Noise in the trunk of my Land Rover Evoque : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second possibility, you may also, over time, experience a locking system that became loose. And this is one of the most likely alternatives. Indeed, knowing a trunk noise on your Land Rover Evoque is very frequently related to this problem. Different solutions are available to you according 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 good 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 circumstance you would have to remove the cover that will allow 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. Don’t forget to check the centering of the striker in relation to the trunk lock. If after looking at the trunk of your Land Rover Evoque closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, repeat the procedure by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Land Rover Evoque : 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 change is made, to take off the old one the technique used is to drill the existing rivets to be able to put out 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 induce an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Land Rover Evoque linked to a rivet, you will need to check that it is in the tailgate open it and stir it to define 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.
