If you find a noise on your vehicle, you are right to be concerned of it and take it seriously, although it is possible that nothing significant will happen, it is also possible that it is the symptom of a more significant repair. A noise that happens in the trunk of your Mercedes Benz GLS Class is fortunately more a indicator of a small correction or repair, rather than a complex one. To help you in your research, we have chosen to write this content page to present you with the most likely solutions to your problem. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Mercedes Benz GLS Class can come from accumulated dirt, the problem 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 GLS Class : Accumulated dirt that causes poor closing
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We will therefore begin with a trunk noise on your Mercedes Benz GLS Class induced by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. Indeed, it is possible that on a vehicle 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 problem causes a poor closure of the trunk and a noise that can sound like a crack. To check if you are in this situation, open the trunk of your Mercedes Benz GLS Class, 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 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 GLS Class that is connected to other sources such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to consult this content page on the noises at the back of a Mercedes Benz GLS Class.
Noise in the trunk of my Mercedes Benz GLS Class : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second possibility, 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 potential possibilities. Indeed, knowing a trunk noise on your Mercedes Benz GLS Class is very often connected to this problem. Some solutions are available to you according 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 system with thick grease is enough to resolve 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 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 check the centering of the striker in regards to the trunk lock. If after checking the trunk of your Mercedes Benz GLS Class closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, duplicate the operation by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Mercedes Benz GLS Class : 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 backside your plate. Indeed, when a plate replacement is done, to take out the old one the process used is to drill the existing rivets in order 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 induce an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Mercedes Benz GLS Class linked to a rivet, you will need to check that it is in the tailgate open it and stir it to specify 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 unpleasant situation, you will have to take out the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
