If you find a noise on your automobile, you are right to be aware of it and take it seriously, although it is possible that nothing critical will result, it is also possible that it is the signal of a more critical fix. A noise that appears in the trunk of your Toyota Yaris is thankfully more a indication of a small correction or repair, rather than a complex one. To support you in your research, we have decided to generate this content to present you with the most likely solutions to your problem. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Toyota Yaris 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 Toyota Yaris : Accumulated dirt that triggers poor closing
>
We will therefore begin with a trunk noise on your Toyota Yaris generated by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. Indeed, it is possible that on a automobile 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 collects at the trunk gasket. This problem 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 Toyota Yaris, 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 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 Toyota Yaris that is linked to other origins such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to read this content on the noises at the back of a Toyota Yaris.
Noise in the trunk of my Toyota Yaris : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second possibility, you may also, over time, be the victim of a locking system that has taken up some play. And this is one of the most probably possibilities. Indeed, knowing a trunk noise on your Toyota Yaris is very often linked to this problem. Some solutions are available to you subject to the level of play you have with your lock. The first is that oftentimes the offset is minimal and a simple greasing of the system with thick grease is sufficient to solve 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, just push it back a little towards the inside of the trunk and tighten it again. You should check the centering of the striker in regards to the trunk lock. If after looking at the trunk of your Toyota Yaris closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, repeat the procedure by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Toyota Yaris : Rivet following plate change in the trunk/ bumper
Finally, one of the last possibilities. It is that following a license plate change you were unfortunate and that a piece of rivet fell behind your plate. Indeed, when a plate replacement is made, to take out the old one the process used is to drill the existing rivets in order to put out 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 cause an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Toyota Yaris linked to a rivet, you will need to check that it is in the tailgate open it and stir it to discern the noise. If this is your case, 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 case, you will have to take out the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
