If you notice a noise on your car, you are right to be concerned of it and take it seriously, although it is possible that nothing critical will happen, it is also possible that it is the signal of a more significant repair. A noise that comes out in the trunk of your Mitsubishi Pajero is fortunately more a indicator of a small manipulation or fix, rather than a difficult one. To support you in your research, we have decided to compose this content page to present you with the most likely solutions to your problem. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Mitsubishi Pajero 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 Mitsubishi Pajero : Built up dirt that causes poor closing
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We will therefore begin with a trunk noise on your Mitsubishi Pajero induced by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. In fact, it is possible that on a car 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 problem 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 Mitsubishi Pajero, verify 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 Mitsubishi Pajero that is relating to other origins such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to read this content page on the noises at the back of a Mitsubishi Pajero.
Noise in the trunk of my Mitsubishi Pajero : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second possibility, you may also, over time, experience a locking system that has taken up some play. And this is one of the most likely alternatives. In fact, knowing a trunk noise on your Mitsubishi Pajero is very frequently relating to this problem. Several solutions are available to you according 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 system with thick grease is appropriate to fix the problem. 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 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. Be sure you verify the centering of the striker in relation to the trunk lock. If after looking at the trunk of your Mitsubishi Pajero closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, replicate the operation by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Mitsubishi Pajero : 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 swap is done, to take off 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 Mitsubishi Pajero linked to a rivet, you will need to verify that it is in the tailgate open it and stir it to identify 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 embarrassing situation, you will have to take off the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
