Squeaks from the rear

Hi all

Wanted to share my experience with squeaks so it might help someone out with potentially the same problem.

My 2020 SR5 is only at ~4K miles right now and I've been noticing an annoying squeak-squeak-squeak...sound coming from the back when I drive over bumps on residential streets. It happens only about 50% of the time. I notice that it happens when the rear wheels hit the bumps, not the front so I narrowed it down to something from the rear. I can't pint point which sides though, whether it's external or internal.

Jumping on the back running boards on both sides I could not re-produce the result. Searched online and there are some mentioning of the latch on the back seat, right side. I checked my latch and there's no squeaks there. Then it dawned on me that it could be coming from the 3rd row fold down seats (which I always leave folded down), so I grabbed it and pumped it up and down simulating the bumps. And there it was, that squeak was coming from the cargo liner (which lays over the folded down 3rd row) rubbing against the sides.

Found some sticky back velcro strips, soft side. I stuck in a small piece on each side so the cargo liner will rub against that and not the sides, and the squeaks are gone. I drove around finding every little bumps to see if the squeaks are still there and I'm happy to say that it's completely gone.

So there ya go, if you have a squeak from the back check out your folded down 3rd row/cargo liner if you have them.