If you notice a noise on your vehicle, you are right to be aware of it and take it seriously, although it is possible that nothing significant will result, it is also possible that it is the sign of a more important repair. A noise that happens in the trunk of your Mercedes Benz GLK is luckily more a signal of a small adjustment or repair, rather than a complex one. To help you in your research, we have chosen to generate this article to present you with the most likely solutions to your trouble. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Mercedes Benz GLK can come from built up 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 Mercedes Benz GLK : Accumulated dirt that triggers poor closing
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We will therefore begin with a trunk noise on your Mercedes Benz GLK created by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. In fact, it is possible that on a vehicle 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 builds up at the trunk gasket. This trouble triggers a poor closure of the trunk and a noise that can sound like a crack. To verify if you are in this situation, open the trunk of your Mercedes Benz GLK, verify 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 Mercedes Benz GLK that is linked to other sources such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to consult this article on the noises at the back of a Mercedes Benz GLK.
Noise in the trunk of my Mercedes Benz GLK : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second probability, you may also, over time, knowledge a locking system that has taken up some play. And this is one of the most likely possibilities. In fact, knowing a trunk noise on your Mercedes Benz GLK is very often linked to this trouble. Some solutions are available to you subject to the level of play you have with your lock. The first is that sometimes the offset is minimal and a simple greasing of the mechanism with thick grease is appropriate to eliminate the trouble. 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. You should verify the centering of the striker in relation to the trunk lock. If after verifying the trunk of your Mercedes Benz GLK closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, repeat the process by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Mercedes Benz GLK : 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. In fact, when a plate replacement is done, to take out the old one the process used is to drill the existing rivets to be able 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 cause an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Mercedes Benz GLK linked to a rivet, you will need to verify 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 problematic situation, you will have to take out the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
