If you find a noise on your vehicle, you are right to be aware of it and take it seriously, although it is conceivable that nothing critical will occur, it is also conceivable that it is the symptom of a more critical fix. A noise that appears in the trunk of your Mitsubishi Outlander is thankfully more a signal of a small adjustment or fix, rather than a complex one. To help you in your research, we have chosen to generate this content page to present you with the most likely solutions to your trouble. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Mitsubishi Outlander 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 Mitsubishi Outlander : Built up dirt that causes poor closing
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We will therefore begin with a trunk noise on your Mitsubishi Outlander triggered by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. Indeed, it is conceivable 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 accumulates at the trunk gasket. This trouble causes 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 Mitsubishi Outlander, check 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 Mitsubishi Outlander that is relating to other sources such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to consult this content page on the noises at the back of a Mitsubishi Outlander.
Noise in the trunk of my Mitsubishi Outlander : 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 potential alternatives. Indeed, knowing a trunk noise on your Mitsubishi Outlander is very frequently relating to this trouble. Different 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 system with thick grease is sufficient to eliminate 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 case 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. Make sure to verify the centering of the striker in connection with the trunk lock. If after checking the trunk of your Mitsubishi Outlander closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, repeat the procedure by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Mitsubishi Outlander : 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 behind your plate. Indeed, when a plate replacement is done, to remove the old one the process used is to drill the existing rivets in order to put out 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 create an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Mitsubishi Outlander linked to a rivet, you will need to verify that it is in the tailgate open it and stir it to specify 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 remove the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
