If you find a noise on your vehicle, you are right to be attentive of it and take it seriously, although it is possible that nothing significant will result, it is also possible that it is the indication of a more important fix. A noise that comes out in the trunk of your Toyota Scion FR S is luckily more a sign of a small adjustment or repair, rather than a complicated one. To help you in your research, we have chosen to compose 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 Scion FR S can come from accumulated 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 Scion FR S : Built up dirt that causes poor closing
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We will therefore start with a trunk noise on your Toyota Scion FR S triggered by dirt accumulated on your joints, lock for example. In fact, it is possible that on a vehicle 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 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 Scion FR S, 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 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 Scion FR S that is linked to other origins such as shock absorbers, do not hesitate to read this content page on the noises at the back of a Toyota Scion FR S.
Noise in the trunk of my Toyota Scion FR S : Loose lock, clicking noise
Second probability, you may also, over time, experience 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 Scion FR S is very often linked to this issue. Several solutions are existing to you depending on 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 appropriate to resolve 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 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 verify the centering of the striker in relation to the trunk lock. If after looking at the trunk of your Toyota Scion FR S closes badly, it means that you have moved it too far, duplicate the operation by pushing the striker less.
Noise in my trunk Toyota Scion FR S : 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 change is done, to take out the old one the technique used is to drill the existing rivets in order to put out 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 Scion FR S linked to a rivet, you will need to verify that it is in the tailgate open it and stir it to distinguish the noise. If this is your case, 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 case, you will have to take out the bumper to remove the bits of rivet that are running around.
