Legion5

I'm having two really stange problems with my car latley. First when I close my trunk I get the trunk ajar light on constantly, no matter what happens. Even if it's open, even if I close it repeatedly, in every situation. This just popped up a week ago.

Second my car is making a chuckling sound or a sound like a running train from he left front tire. Now I know most of you are going to point out that these are the front strut mounts, and it does sound like the problems people have had with those, but here's what gets everything in a mess with the theory. I have full coil over suspension with an integrated mount, and I had the sound even before the coilovers with Saleen springs. The sound only appears when I don't drive the car for a while and goes away after I've driven it for 2 weeks. It's audible at all speed and stops when the car is sitting. It gets worse the faster you go.

What's going on?

Art161

I don't have the IUP, so the light on my dash could indicate either one of the doors or the trunk is not closed--can't tell which from the light. Can you tell for sure that the light is trying to tell you it is the trunk that is not closed? If so, is the trunk light on when the trunk is closed? Assuming you don't want to climb into the trunk to check, you can just lower the rear seatback and look into the trunk.

When you lock the car with the key fob, do you get the proper indication that the doors and trunk are closed?

svastano

You could trade it in! LOL Both problems solved at once!

157dB

There is a switch visable when you open the trunk.
Its on the inside of the trunk lid jamb near the locking
mechanisim. Its under a little accordian looking rubber boot.
The plastuc cover over the lock area removes quite easily with
two spring fastners. Just give her a good tug. Then
investigate the switch that indicates that the trunk is closed.

GT06GT

-It gets worse the faster you go usually has to do with somthing around the wheel and not a shock/strut.
- Only after sitting for a few weeks and goes away after I drive it a while says its with the tire

Lookin at your car pic, Id say those rims arent stock, so your tires arent stock.

My guess is that after sitting a few weeks your getting some flat spots in your tire from the car sitting on them for so long, After driving on the tires a bit you will wear the flat spots back into shape and the noise will go away, but until then, think of a circle with a flat spot carved into it, and then try and spin it, thats where your noise is coming from.

If you do find it to be a flat spot in the tire and u leave you car chilling for weeks at a time often like me, then you can buy flatstoppers from raceramps.com There also made in MI, where ford started out which basically means that MI is the best state ever. Last sentence is a pointless fact, but never the less, it is fact =)

HTH

Legion5

Only one problem with your theory the sound has a decidedly metallic feeling to it. It happens usually when my car spends some time in a shop usually about 4 weeks and they drive it about a mile in that time, but they do drive it.

I have 3 sets of wheels that I change regularly and that doesn't help or hurt the sound. The problem seemed to arise about a month after I switched from Saleen springs to Steeda springs. I did no other mods at that time.

East87

Stupid offering here, but my buddy with an 08 cali spec had his tire pressure sensor come off in one of his wheels causing it to rattle around inside while he was driving. I thought it was very bizarre and had never heard of such a thing happen. Maybe something's loose?

GT06GT

Any chance of a recording of the sound or a more detailed description?