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HDNitehawk

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Closing the rear driver door on the wife's 2014 LTZ Z71 I noticed it rattled a bit and didn't sound as solid as the other doors.

 

So I started looking it over because it didn't sound right, at the lower corner of the door at the bottom when the door shuts the door doesn't flush and sticks out a bit. If you lay a straight edge on the body to the door it probably sticks out less than about 1/8" or so. This spot where it sticks out is just below the lowest crease in the door. The area is just in the corner of the door.

 

The other side is similar but doesn't stick out quit as much.

 

So I compared it to my High Country, the doors on it are flush.

 

We took it to the dealer on an unrelated issue and I asked they look at it. We compared to other trucks in the yard. Many had a nice tight fitting door at the bottom, but there were several that were not. Some more noticeable than others. Our truck is a bit worse than any we saw.

 

Tomorrow they are going to have their body shop look at it and give an opinion.

 

I would have never noticed this if they door hadn't rattled a bit when closing.

 

Any one else notice the back door not fitting right on their truck?

nvrnuf4me Enthusiast

nvrnuf4me

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Any one else notice the back door not fitting right on their truck?

 

 

I am assuming you are talking about a crew, and not the double cab? The reason I ask is because I have a CC and also noticed that both rear doors towards the bottom rear of the doors alos sits about an 1/8 of an inch out from the rest of the panels. My wife is the first to notice and when she brought it up to me, we went to the dealership we purchased our truck from for some research.

 

Unlike you, we did not find any CC Chevs or GMCs where the rear door fitment was tight. All that we found is ALL of the rear doors were exactly as mine is. We just assumed that this was normal and I have not said anything to my service department due to the conclusion of nonscientific research.

 

I will say that I have noticed several 2014 CCs on the freeways here in Houston and their rear doors appear to be the same as mine. Yet another reason we have not said anything.

 

I've not rode in the back seat of my truck and cannot speak to whether or not there is wind noise due to the pertrusion of the doors, but my teen-aged son hasn't mentioned it.

 

I would be interested to know if it is in fact supposed to be this way or not.

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nvrnuf4me

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Sorry for the multiple posts, I am just figuring out the picture process. I have included 2 pics of the driver's door, which is slightly worse than the passenger door.

HDNitehawk Enthusiast

HDNitehawk

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Yes it is a crew cab.

 

It is the spot you show. I can lay my cell phone against the cab using it as a straight edge (at the time it was the only flat thing I had close to me) at the spot where it bends and the door is about 1/2 the width of the iphones case out. Measuring it is between an 1/8 and 3/16.

 

Like I say, I checked others on the lot and my own High Country. None of those were that far and many were actually flush.

pm26 Senior Enthusiast

pm26

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Mexican door alignment standards have been met and verified by an imaginary quality control team.

desert Enthusiast

desert

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Open the door - lean a 2x4 up against the door sill as far forward as possible - gently close the door on the 2x4 - now gently push the lower rear corner of the door in - you will feel the door flex - remove the 2x4 - check gap - repeat as necessary - BE GENTLE - it wont take much - :happysad:

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HDNitehawk

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Open the door - lean a 2x4 up against the door sill as far forward as possible - gently close the door on the 2x4 - now gently push the lower rear corner of the door in - you will feel the door flex - remove the 2x4 - check gap - repeat as necessary - BE GENTLE - it wont take much - :happysad:

 

I will save this fix for when it is out of warranty :smash:

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OmniCamaro Enthusiast

OmniCamaro

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My 2017 Z71 Lt CC has this same issue on the drivers rear door.  The bottom foot or so sticks out just enough to notice. Dealer says there is no adjustments for the door so no fix.  I was actually thinking the same thing as user:desert actually.  The issue is apparently a bent door or bent door sheetmetal.  It's been this way since it came off the shipment truck which is when I got it so it's not something that was done after the Mexican factory.  Obviously they do not care about QA down there, for the door alignment at least.  Anyway, Nothing on YouTube for adjustments that I've found so the 2x4 fix is in the future, post warranty.  

Enough Enthusiast

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Mine was built north of the border and is the same. When I bought my truck over a year ago most of the 2018's on the lot were worse than mine. The is no wind noise, just poor fit and finish but not enough to really bother me.

 

The bailout money must not have tricked down to the quality control department.

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