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The Interior "Snap, Crackle, Pop" Thread

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sgodfred Enthusiast

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#4 I applied felt tape to the mounting pins that hold down the front of the panel and the metal clips. You have to take both A-pillar trims off to remove it.

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I have a rattle in the dash which other owners seem to be experiencing as I read. Its in the center area of the plastic area that meets the actual dash pad. Its in the plastic vent area near the "bulb" protuding from the plastic panel. It rattles going down the road, it rattles from the bass of the stereo, etc..... If you tap on the actual dash pad area it rattles in the area described above. If pressure is applyed to the area around the "bulb" it stops. Or if you apply pressure while tapping on the pad it stops. I am afraid to have the dealer look at it. I envision them tearing it all apart, not fixing it and having more rattles than I started with. Its so frustrating.........Pay 50 grand for a vehicle.......put 3,500 miles on it and has rattles. My headliner rattled withing 500 miles. I fixed that by applying slight pressure around the sunroof and noticed a click. Must have seated into a clip. I have not had an issue since.

 

Why can't GM hire a couple of dudes with OCD to drive these trucks around for 10,000 miles and find all the issues before they are sold to the consumer. Its all about Quality not quantity. It leaves a bad taste in my mouth. If wanted to listen to bunch of rattles like I was driving a lumber wagon, I would have bought a lumber wagon.

m82a1 Enthusiast

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The few times I've had a passenger I would hear a clicking/crunching noise from inside the passenger's seat. The passenger also said it felt like the seat was moving inside. Took it to the dealer for recall yesterday and mentioned it. They said the frame is bad and they are ordering a new passenger seat frame. They wouldn't do anything on the radio/hvac LED's due to no bulletin...

supersierra14 Enthusiast

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Well, it sucks that so many are having issues. One thing I noticed is that the higher optioned vehicles are having the highest amount of issues. I have a well optioned SLE and I have no complaints, other than I can't mod it fast enough. I bought mine at the end of the year, 2 days after it rolled off the transporter. I know that if I had found this forum prior to getting my Sierra, I probably wouldn't have bought it. I love my truck. And it loves me back :)

pm26 Senior Enthusiast

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I have a rattle in the dash which other owners seem to be experiencing as I read. Its in the center area of the plastic area that meets the actual dash pad. Its in the plastic vent area near the "bulb" protuding from the plastic panel. It rattles going down the road, it rattles from the bass of the stereo, etc..... If you tap on the actual dash pad area it rattles in the area described above. If pressure is applyed to the area around the "bulb" it stops. Or if you apply pressure while tapping on the pad it stops. I am afraid to have the dealer look at it. I envision them tearing it all apart, not fixing it and having more rattles than I started with. Its so frustrating.........Pay 50 grand for a vehicle.......put 3,500 miles on it and has rattles. My headliner rattled withing 500 miles. I fixed that by applying slight pressure around the sunroof and noticed a click. Must have seated into a clip. I have not had an issue since.

 

Why can't GM hire a couple of dudes with OCD to drive these trucks around for 10,000 miles and find all the issues before they are sold to the consumer. Its all about Quality not quantity. It leaves a bad taste in my mouth. If wanted to listen to bunch of rattles like I was driving a lumber wagon, I would have bought a lumber wagon.

What you describe about a "clip seating" in your headliner is exactly right. I had an extremely annoying squeak in my '09 Impala every time I hit a small bump in the road. I started looking for the source of the squeak and finally was able to trace it to the rear window side trim panel on the driver's side. One hit with palm of my hand fully seated the metal clip and the noise was gone for good. If these clips are not fully seated they can cause either a rattle or a squeak (I do not know which is more annoying).

 

I recommend that owners that experience squeaks or rattles try this simple approach before taking their vehicle to a dealer. As for rattles inside the dash, they can be hard to find. Just a few weeks ago I test drove a brand new Ford Taurus with 15 miles on it. There was a loud rattle in the dash and that was enough for me to walk away from the car even though the price was very good. I would not buy it unless they fixed that rattle first. The salesman did not act like he cared.

Its all about Quality not quantity.

In theory, yes. In practice, no. It's all about maximum profits.

Mattdh Enthusiast

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i have the rock hitting the windshield noise too. it gets me every time. i look for the chip and realize its the same pop i hear a couple times a day every once in a while. very strange!!

brentadams646 Enthusiast

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I had the dealer fix my headliner rattle between the sunroof and dome light... now the headliner is rattling near the sunglasses compartment..... :banghead:

 

Truck was at the dealer for 11 days for recall, radio lights (fixed) and headliner rattle.....

pm26 Senior Enthusiast

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I had the dealer fix my headliner rattle between the sunroof and dome light... now the headliner is rattling near the sunglasses compartment..... :banghead:

 

Truck was at the dealer for 11 days for recall, radio lights (fixed) and headliner rattle.....

So they "relocated' your headliner rattle.

MotoMedic Senior Enthusiast

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I had the dealer fix my headliner rattle between the sunroof and dome light... now the headliner is rattling near the sunglasses compartment..... :banghead:

 

Truck was at the dealer for 11 days for recall, radio lights (fixed) and headliner rattle.....

 

11 days for three things??? Time to find a different dealer.

pm26 Senior Enthusiast

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11 days for three things??? Time to find a different dealer.

That obviously does not mean they worked on it for 11 days, more like one day and parked it for the next ten. Maybe waited all this time for some part?

MotoMedic Senior Enthusiast

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That obviously does not mean they worked on it for 11 days, more like one day and parked it for the next ten. Maybe waited all this time for some part?

Even so, no reason they should keep the truck. One day to eval/diagnose. The following week, one day to install/fix.

 

Brent - did you tell them to just keep it until they were done??

brentadams646 Enthusiast

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Even so, no reason they should keep the truck. One day to eval/diagnose. The following week, one day to install/fix.

 

Brent - did you tell them to just keep it until they were done??

 

They gave me a brand new loaner suburban. I have been back and forth with this dealer, they get things done but take forever so I just stayed in the rental the entire time I wasn't going to pick up, drop off, pick up, drop off, screw that shit. They were waiting on parts for the radio. I've got to schedule a time to bring it back for my rattling sunglasses holder now fmlllllll....

sgodfred Enthusiast

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#4 I applied felt tape to the mounting pins that hold down the front of the panel and the metal clips. You have to take both A-pillar trims off to remove it.

Rattle around head light sensor was fixed but still heard rattle at left dash speaker. Found missing foam on left speaker where it contacts dash trim panel. Right speaker had foam seperating the 2 from factory. Applied felt tape to speaker, noise completely gone. Speakers have a raised ridge on the side for dash trim to rest on.

VMaxtastic Enthusiast

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Mine makes a cracking sound, like a rock is hitting my windshield.. Seems to come from the base of the windshield on the passenger side. The day I picked it up it happened and my girlfriend was sitting shotgun. She thought a rock hit the windshield, so did I. funny thing is we were only driving like 40 km/hr through snowy streets, with no one around. Still no cracks on it haha.

 

Edit: I should mention, it's full blown winter here and COLD! I saw some people say the noise subsided in the colder weather. Not the case for me.

Bobber Enthusiast

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Email sent with copy of work order. Glad I can help

Can you send it to me as well? My dealer is saying the same thing...

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