If you detect a noise on your automobile, you are right to be aware of it and take it seriously, although it is conceivable that nothing serious will result, it is also conceivable that it is the signal of a more important restoration. A noise that occurs in the trunk of your Lincoln MKZ is thankfully more a indicator of a small correction or repair, rather than a difficult one. To support you in your research, we have chosen to compose this content to present you with the most likely solutions to your issue. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Lincoln MKZ 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 Lincoln MKZ : Built up dirt that causes poor closing
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We will therefore start with a trunk noise on your Lincoln MKZ triggered 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 issue causes a poor closure of the trunk and a noise that can sound like a crack. To verify if you are in this scenario, open the trunk of your Lincoln MKZ, examine the state 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 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 Lincoln MKZ that is connected to other origins such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to consult this content on the noises at the back of a Lincoln MKZ.
Noise in the trunk of my Lincoln MKZ : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second probability, you may also, over time, be the victim of a locking system that has taken up some play. And this is one of the most probably alternatives. Indeed, knowing a trunk noise on your Lincoln MKZ is very often connected to this issue. Several 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 mechanism with thick grease is appropriate to fix 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 off 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. Remember to verify the centering of the striker in connection with the trunk lock. If after examining the trunk of your Lincoln MKZ closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, repeat the process by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Lincoln MKZ : 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 behind your plate. Indeed, when a plate swap is made, to take off the old one the technique used is to drill the existing rivets to be able to released 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 MKZ linked to a rivet, you will need to verify 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 unpleasant case, you will have to take off the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
