Trunk door squeak

[otter7]

I just installed a Baja Rack ladder on my trunk and now it sounds like the piston/hinge is squeaking. I knew there would be added weight (17 lbs), but did not think that i would need to replace the trunk hinges.

Anyone else run into this? Any solutions - maybe all it needs is some good ol' WD40.

 

[WRTR5]

My trunk door decided to squeak so I sprayed some WD-40 on it and its back to normal :clap2:

Hasn't squeaked for a couple months now.

 

[08TxRunner]

Try this easy fix - clean and then put grease on the latching mechanism and on the catch. Chased a hatch squeak for a long time on my 4th gen and that did the trick. It'll take you 60 seconds to do.

 

[fkheath]

I just installed a Baja Rack ladder on my trunk and now it sounds like the piston/hinge is squeaking. I knew there would be added weight (17 lbs), but did not think that i would need to replace the trunk hinges.

Anyone else run into this? Any solutions - maybe all it needs is some good ol' WD40.

At least one of the back ladder suppliers offer extra heavy duty struts to account for the increased weight. I don't remember which one. Perhaps adding those may help the problem.