If you find a noise on your car, you are right to be concerned of it and take it seriously, although it is plausible that nothing significant will happen, it is also plausible that it is the symptom of a more critical restoration. A noise that shows up in the trunk of your Toyota Iq is fortunately more a indicator of a small correction or fix, rather than a difficult one. To support you in your research, we have decided to produce 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 Iq 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 Iq : Built up dirt that causes poor closing
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We will therefore begin with a trunk noise on your Toyota Iq triggered 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 top priority or that the roads used are not very clean that dirt builds up at the trunk gasket. This issue causes a poor closure of the trunk and a noise that can sound like a crack. To verify if you are in this scenario, open the trunk of your Toyota Iq, examine the state of the gasket that goes 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 plausible however that you have a trunk noise on your Toyota Iq that is related to other sources such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to read this content page on the noises at the back of a Toyota Iq.
Noise in the trunk of my Toyota Iq : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second possibility, you may also, over time, knowledge 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 Toyota Iq is very frequently related to this issue. Different solutions are available to you subject 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 solve 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 take out the cover that will allow 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 regards to the trunk lock. If after verifying the trunk of your Toyota Iq closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, repeat the operation by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Toyota Iq : 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 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 in order 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 generate an annoying noise. To check that it is this problem you are experiencing, and that you have a trunk noise on your Toyota Iq linked to a rivet, you will need to verify that it is in the tailgate open it and stir it to specify 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.
