If you find a noise on your automobile, you are right to be aware of it and take it seriously, although it is conceivable that nothing significant will occur, it is also conceivable that it is the sign of a more important repair. A noise that shows up in the trunk of your Lincoln MKX is fortunately more a sign of a small manipulation or service, rather than a difficult one. To support you in your research, we have chosen to generate this content to present you with the most likely solutions to your trouble. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Lincoln MKX 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 Lincoln MKX : Built up dirt that triggers poor closing
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We will therefore begin with a trunk noise on your Lincoln MKX caused 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 top priority or that the roads used are not very clean that dirt collects at the trunk gasket. This trouble triggers a poor closure of the trunk and a noise that can sound like a crack. To examine if you are in this circumstance, open the trunk of your Lincoln MKX, examine 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 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 Lincoln MKX that is relating to other origins such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to read this content on the noises at the back of a Lincoln MKX.
Noise in the trunk of my Lincoln MKX : 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 likely possibilities. Indeed, knowing a trunk noise on your Lincoln MKX is very often relating to this trouble. Several solutions are available to you depending on the level of play you have with your lock. The first is that oftentimes the offset is minimal and a simple greasing of the system with thick grease is enough to fix 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 strip off the cover that permits 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. Remember to examine the centering of the striker in connection with the trunk lock. If after examining the trunk of your Lincoln MKX closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, duplicate the operation by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Lincoln MKX : Rivet following plate swap in the trunk/ bumper
Finally, one of the last possibilities. It is that following a license plate swap 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. 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 generate an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Lincoln MKX linked to a rivet, you will need to examine 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 disturbing case, you will have to take out the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
