If you pay attention to a noise on your automobile, you are right to be concerned of it and take it seriously, although it is possible that nothing serious will occur, it is also possible that it is the indication of a more important restoration. A noise that happens in the trunk of your Toyota FJ Cruiser is luckily more a indication of a small adjustment or service, rather than a complex one. To help you in your research, we have chosen to compose this article to present you with the most likely solutions to your problem. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Toyota FJ Cruiser 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 FJ Cruiser : Built up dirt that triggers poor closing
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We will therefore begin with a trunk noise on your Toyota FJ Cruiser 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 examine if you are in this circumstance, open the trunk of your Toyota FJ Cruiser, examine 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 difference. 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 FJ Cruiser that is relating to other origins such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to read this article on the noises at the back of a Toyota FJ Cruiser.
Noise in the trunk of my Toyota FJ Cruiser : 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. Indeed, knowing a trunk noise on your Toyota FJ Cruiser is very frequently relating to this problem. Some solutions are existing to you depending on the level of play you have with your lock. The first is that oftentimes the offset is minimal and a simple greasing of the mechanism with thick grease is enough to eliminate the trouble. 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 out the cover that allows 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 examine the centering of the striker in regards to the trunk lock. If after looking at the trunk of your Toyota FJ Cruiser closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, replicate the process by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Toyota FJ Cruiser : 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 backside your plate. Indeed, when a plate replacement is done, to remove the old one the procedure 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 trigger an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Toyota FJ Cruiser linked to a rivet, you will need to examine 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 unpleasant situation, you will have to remove the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
