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 significant will results, it is also possible that it is the symptom of a more critical fix. A noise that occurs in the trunk of your Toyota Corolla Verso is thankfully more a sign of a small correction or restoration, rather than a complicated one. To support you in your research, we have chosen to write this content page to present you with the most likely solutions to your issue. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Toyota Corolla Verso can come from built up dirt, the issue 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 Corolla Verso : Built up dirt that triggers poor closing
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We will therefore start with a trunk noise on your Toyota Corolla Verso induced by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. In fact, 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 accumulates at the trunk gasket. This issue triggers a poor closure of the trunk and a noise that can sound like a crack. To verify if you are in this situation, open the trunk of your Toyota Corolla Verso, check 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 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 Corolla Verso that is related to other origins such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to consult this content page on the noises at the back of a Toyota Corolla Verso.
Noise in the trunk of my Toyota Corolla Verso : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second possibility, you may also, over time, experience a locking system that became loose. And this is one of the most likely alternatives. In fact, knowing a trunk noise on your Toyota Corolla Verso is very frequently related to this issue. Several solutions are available to you according 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 good enough to resolve 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 case you would have to take off the cover that allows 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. Don’t forget to verify the centering of the striker in relation to the trunk lock. If after checking the trunk of your Toyota Corolla Verso closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, repeat the process by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Toyota Corolla Verso : 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 backside your plate. In fact, when a plate replacement is done, to take off the old one the technique used is to drill the existing rivets in order to released 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 induce an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Toyota Corolla Verso linked to a rivet, you will need to verify that it is in the tailgate open it and stir it to discern the noise. If this is your case, 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 embarrassing case, you will have to take off the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
