If you detect a noise on your car, you are right to be attentive of it and take it seriously, although it is possible that nothing serious will result, it is also possible that it is the sign of a more important repair. A noise that shows up in the trunk of your Mitsubishi Space star 2 is thankfully more a signal of a small manipulation or service, rather than a difficult one. To support you in your research, we have decided to write this article to present you with the most likely solutions to your issue. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Mitsubishi Space star 2 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 Mitsubishi Space star 2 : Built up dirt that causes poor closing
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We will therefore begin with a trunk noise on your Mitsubishi Space star 2 generated 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 builds up at the trunk gasket. This issue 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 Space star 2, verify 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 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 Mitsubishi Space star 2 that is related to other origins such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to read this article on the noises at the back of a Mitsubishi Space star 2.
Noise in the trunk of my Mitsubishi Space star 2 : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second possibility, you may also, over time, knowledge a locking system that became loose. And this is one of the most likely alternatives. In fact, knowing a trunk noise on your Mitsubishi Space star 2 is very often related to this issue. Different solutions are existing 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 enough to fix 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 case 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, simply push it back a little towards the inside of the trunk and tighten it again. You should verify the centering of the striker in regards to the trunk lock. If after looking at the trunk of your Mitsubishi Space star 2 closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, replicate the procedure by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Mitsubishi Space star 2 : Rivet following plate swap in the trunk/ bumper
Finally, one of the last possibilities. It is that following a license plate swap you were unfortunate and that a piece of rivet fell behind your plate. In fact, when a plate change is done, to remove the old one the process used is to drill the existing rivets in order to release 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 Mitsubishi Space star 2 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 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 remove the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
