If you detect a noise on your car, you are right to be aware of it and take it seriously, although it is plausible that nothing significant will occur, it is also plausible that it is the sign of a more critical fix. A noise that shows up in the trunk of your Lexus NX is fortunately more a sign of a small correction or repair, rather than a complex one. To support you in your research, we have chosen to generate this article to present you with the most likely solutions to your issue. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Lexus NX 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 Lexus NX : Accumulated dirt that causes poor closing
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We will therefore begin with a trunk noise on your Lexus NX generated by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. In fact, it is plausible that on a car 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 issue causes a poor closure of the trunk and a noise that can sound like a crack. To check if you are in this scenario, open the trunk of your Lexus NX, 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 improvement. If this is not the case, continue to the other hypotheses that will probably give a solution. It is plausible however that you have a trunk noise on your Lexus NX that is relating to other sources such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to consult this article on the noises at the back of a Lexus NX.
Noise in the trunk of my Lexus NX : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second probability, 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 likely alternatives. In fact, knowing a trunk noise on your Lexus NX is very often relating to this issue. Some solutions are existing to you subject to the level of play you have with your lock. The first is that quite often the offset is minimal and a simple greasing of the system with thick grease is enough to resolve the trouble. Secondly, it is also plausible 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 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. Make sure to check the centering of the striker in relation to the trunk lock. If after checking out the trunk of your Lexus NX closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, replicate the process by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Lexus NX : Rivet following plate swap in the trunk/ bumper
Finally, one of the last possibilities. It is that following a license plate swap you were unlucky and that a piece of rivet fell backside your plate. In fact, when a plate replacement is done, to remove the old one the technique used is to drill the existing rivets to be able 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 create an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Lexus NX linked to a rivet, you will need to check that it is in the tailgate open it and stir it to specify 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 disturbing situation, you will have to remove the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
