If you detect a noise on your automobile, you are right to be aware of it and take it seriously, although it is possible that nothing serious will results, it is also possible that it is the indication of a more significant fix. A noise that occurs in the trunk of your Lincoln Navigator is luckily more a sign of a small correction or repair, rather than a complicated one. To support you in your research, we have chosen to write this content page to present you with the most likely solutions to your issue. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Lincoln Navigator 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 Navigator : Accumulated dirt that causes poor closing
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We will therefore begin with a trunk noise on your Lincoln Navigator triggered by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. Indeed, it is possible that on a automobile that is already a few years old and whose cleaning is not always a main concern or that the roads used are not very clean that dirt accumulates at the trunk gasket. This issue causes 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 Lincoln Navigator, check 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 possible however that you have a trunk noise on your Lincoln Navigator that is linked to other origins such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to consult this content page on the noises at the back of a Lincoln Navigator.
Noise in the trunk of my Lincoln Navigator : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second probability, you may also, over time, encounter a locking system that has taken up some play. And this is one of the most potential alternatives. Indeed, knowing a trunk noise on your Lincoln Navigator is very often linked to this issue. Some solutions are available 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 system with thick grease is sufficient to solve 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 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. Be sure you check the centering of the striker in regards to the trunk lock. If after checking out the trunk of your Lincoln Navigator closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, repeat the process by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Lincoln Navigator : 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 change is made, to take off the old one the technique used is to drill the existing rivets in order to released 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 Lincoln Navigator 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 remove the linings from the trunk to remove it. Finally, if it is your bumper, it is in this rarer and more embarrassing situation, you will have to take off the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
