If you find a noise on your automobile, you are right to be concerned of it and take it seriously, although it is possible that nothing critical will happen, it is also possible that it is the symptom of a more critical restoration. A noise that occurs in the trunk of your Toyota Hilux is luckily more a sign of a small manipulation or service, rather than a difficult one. To support you in your research, we have decided to compose this content to present you with the most likely solutions to your problem. First we will see that this trunk noise on your Toyota Hilux 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 Hilux : Accumulated dirt that causes poor closing
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We will therefore begin with a trunk noise on your Toyota Hilux caused 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 collects at the trunk gasket. This problem causes a poor closure of the trunk and a noise that can sound like a crack. To check if you are in this condition, open the trunk of your Toyota Hilux, 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 impact. 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 Hilux that is linked to other origins such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to consult this content on the noises at the back of a Toyota Hilux.
Noise in the trunk of my Toyota Hilux : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second probability, you may also, over time, knowledge a locking system that has taken up some play. And this is one of the most probably possibilities. In fact, knowing a trunk noise on your Toyota Hilux is very frequently linked to this problem. Different solutions are existing to you subject to the level of play you have with your lock. The first is that occasionally the offset is minimal and a simple greasing of the system with thick grease is appropriate to fix the issue. 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, simply push it back a little towards the inside of the trunk and tighten it again. Be sure you check the centering of the striker in relation to the trunk lock. If after checking out the trunk of your Toyota Hilux closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, repeat the procedure by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Toyota Hilux : 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 behind your plate. In fact, when a plate change is done, to take out the old one the process used is to drill the existing rivets to be able 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 cause an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Toyota Hilux 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 disturbing situation, you will have to take out the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
