If you find a noise on your vehicle, you are right to be careful of it and take it seriously, although it is conceivable that nothing significant will result, it is also conceivable that it is the sign of a more important fix. A noise that occurs in the trunk of your Lexus UX is fortunately more a sign of a small manipulation or restoration, rather than a complex one. To help you in your research, we have decided to generate this article to present you with the most likely solutions to your problem. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Lexus UX 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 Lexus UX : Accumulated dirt that triggers poor closing
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We will therefore start with a trunk noise on your Lexus UX triggered by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. Indeed, it is conceivable that on a vehicle 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 accumulates at the trunk gasket. This problem triggers a poor closure of the trunk and a noise that can sound like a crack. To verify if you are in this circumstance, open the trunk of your Lexus UX, examine the condition of the gasket that runs 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 conceivable however that you have a trunk noise on your Lexus UX that is linked to other origins such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to read this article on the noises at the back of a Lexus UX.
Noise in the trunk of my Lexus UX : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second possibility, you may also, over time, experience a locking system that has taken up some play. And this is one of the most potential possibilities. Indeed, knowing a trunk noise on your Lexus UX is very frequently linked to this problem. Different solutions are existing to you depending on 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 resolve the trouble. Secondly, it is also conceivable 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 take out 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. Don’t forget to verify the centering of the striker in relation to the trunk lock. If after looking at the trunk of your Lexus UX closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, repeat the process by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Lexus UX : 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. Indeed, when a plate replacement is made, to remove the old one the procedure used is to drill the existing rivets to be able to put out 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 create an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Lexus UX linked to a rivet, you will need to verify that it is in the tailgate open it and stir it to identify 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 embarrassing case, you will have to remove the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
