If you find out a noise on your vehicle, you are right to be aware of it and take it seriously, although it is conceivable that nothing significant will results, it is also conceivable that it is the sign of a more important repair. A noise that occurs in the trunk of your Toyota C-hr is luckily more a signal of a small adjustment or restoration, rather than a difficult one. To support you in your research, we have chosen 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 Toyota C-hr can come from built up 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 C-hr : Built up dirt that triggers poor closing
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We will therefore start with a trunk noise on your Toyota C-hr generated by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. In fact, 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 builds up 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 scenario, open the trunk of your Toyota C-hr, verify 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 Toyota C-hr 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 Toyota C-hr.
Noise in the trunk of my Toyota C-hr : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second possibility, you may also, over time, be the victim of a locking system that became loose. And this is one of the most probably alternatives. In fact, knowing a trunk noise on your Toyota C-hr is very often linked to this problem. 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 more than enough to solve the issue. 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 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. Don’t forget to check the centering of the striker in connection with the trunk lock. If after checking out the trunk of your Toyota C-hr closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, repeat the operation by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Toyota C-hr : Rivet following plate change in the trunk/ bumper
Finally, one of the last possibilities. It is that following a license plate change you were unlucky and that a piece of rivet fell at the rear of your plate. In fact, when a plate change is made, to remove the old one the procedure used is to drill the existing rivets to be able 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 generate an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Toyota C-hr linked to a rivet, you will need to check that it is in the tailgate open it and stir it to define 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 problematic situation, you will have to remove the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
