I recently came back from a Vegas trip where I packed my luggage in the trunk as much as possible. I opened the trunk up to find this just hanging around. I have no clue where it goes to. I checked all the seals but cannot figure out where it came from. It was sitting exactly where it is in photo 1. Photo 2 shows it with my hand for size comparison.

Any ideas where this may have c

ome from?

 

It slides on the front of the hatch cover

 

What he said. If you remove the cargo cover (the thing thats attached by the two strings), it attachs to the front part of it. It should be glued on. I'd stop by your local dealer, show them and have them order you a new one.

 

I don't think it's glued on or even meant to be glued on, mine came half off a couple of months ago (when the cover fouled on the full size rear rim and tyre I loaded into the back), I just pushed it back into place and it hasn't budged since. Yours is most likely undamaged and no need for a new one. But of course you can glue it back on if you want.

 

+1. Just pulls off and snaps back into place. Privacy panel is easily removed and the rubber strip snaps onto the leading edge. Entire job will take less than a minute.

 

Im sorry gents, for some reason I'm still confused as to where it goes. Can someone break it down barney style for me. I'm really slow today.

 

What does it seal or protect?

 

On the front edge of the hatch privacy cover, ie just behind the seats.
Take the cover off by unhooking the two "strings" on the sides then pull it out backwards.
Once out it's a piece of cake to refit the rubber strip.

 

I think it's just to protect the front edge of the privacy cover from fraying against the surface it butts up against, and maybe to allow the edge of the cover to rotate smoothly as the hatch raises and lowers.

 

Security panel still in place





Supporting cords unhooked from pegs




Pull panel straight back. Rubber is at the front of the panel.




Picture of rubber trim partially pulled from panel.

 

Two more hints - when re-inserting the panel it's not at all easy to get the slots around the pegs, I find that they tend to sit on top of the pegs, and I need to get my head in there under the panel to sight the pegs to then reposition the slots around the pegs.
And on mine at least those slots rattled like crazy even when fully seated, I fixed the rattle by wrapping the pegs with several layers of bog standard black insulation tape, about 12 times around each peg. Keep wrapping until the slots become a very tight fit around the pegs, which may take some trial and error.

 

Thanks guys! I wonder why that thing came off to begin with...and how you guys figured it out, beats me. That's why I love this board.

 

when you packed the trunk up to the gunnels, a piece of luggage probably caught the edge of that rubber lip and popped it off when the hatch lifted. Happened to me once.