If you identify a noise on your car, you are right to be attentive of it and take it seriously, although it is possible that nothing serious will happen, it is also possible that it is the indication of a more important fix. A noise that occurs in the trunk of your Lincoln MKS is thankfully more a signal of a small adjustment or repair, rather than a complicated one. To help you in your research, we have chosen to write this article to present you with the most likely solutions to your issue. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Lincoln MKS 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 Lincoln MKS : Built up dirt that causes poor closing
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We will therefore begin with a trunk noise on your Lincoln MKS triggered by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. In fact, it is possible that on a car 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 issue causes a poor closure of the trunk and a noise that can sound like a crack. To examine if you are in this condition, open the trunk of your Lincoln MKS, examine 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 possible however that you have a trunk noise on your Lincoln MKS 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 Lincoln MKS.
Noise in the trunk of my Lincoln MKS : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second probability, you may also, over time, knowledge a locking system that became loose. And this is one of the most likely alternatives. In fact, knowing a trunk noise on your Lincoln MKS is very often related to this issue. Several solutions are existing to you depending on 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 mechanism with thick grease is sufficient 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 out the cover that permits 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 examine the centering of the striker in regards to the trunk lock. If after looking at the trunk of your Lincoln MKS closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, replicate the process by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Lincoln MKS : 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 behind your plate. In fact, when a plate replacement is made, to remove the old one the process used is to drill the existing rivets to be able 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 Lincoln MKS linked to a rivet, you will need to examine 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 problematic case, you will have to remove the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
