If you find out a noise on your vehicle, you are right to be attentive of it and take it seriously, although it is possible that nothing significant will happen, it is also possible that it is the signal of a more significant repair. A noise that shows up in the trunk of your Lexus RX is thankfully more a indicator of a small correction or service, rather than a complicated one. To support you in your research, we have decided 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 Lexus RX can come from accumulated 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 Lexus RX : Accumulated dirt that triggers poor closing
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We will therefore begin with a trunk noise on your Lexus RX caused by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. In fact, 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 builds up at the trunk gasket. This trouble triggers a poor closure of the trunk and a noise that can sound like a crack. To check if you are in this circumstance, open the trunk of your Lexus RX, 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 Lexus RX that is related to other origins such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to read this content page on the noises at the back of a Lexus RX.
Noise in the trunk of my Lexus RX : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second possibility, you may also, over time, knowledge 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 Lexus RX is very frequently related 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 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 strip off 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. Be sure you check the centering of the striker in connection with the trunk lock. If after checking out the trunk of your Lexus RX closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, repeat the process by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Lexus RX : 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 swap is made, to take out the old one the strategy used is to drill the existing rivets in order to released 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 generate an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Lexus RX linked to a rivet, you will need to check that it is in the tailgate open it and stir it to distinguish 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.
