Instrument panel noise

[Dconger74]

I have a noise it sounds like it is coming from the instrument cluster. Like a grinding noise. All of the gauges are working fine. Is this the infamous stepper motors getting ready to crap out?

[Dconger74]

No one knows anything?

[LeoS41280]

No one know what kind of a vehicle your talking about.

[Dconger74]

2004 silverado. 92,xxx miles. Turn the key over but don't start and you can hear a grinding like noise. It continues after you start. It never quits.

[Andrew Chandler]

2004 silverado. 92,xxx miles. Turn the key over but don't start and you can hear a grinding like noise. It continues after you start. It never quits.

 

Hey, out of curiosity, does it sound like this? (Please don't kill me for cell phone video, I'm aware.. I did the best I could given the low volume of the noise)

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1R3QJksv3jecHNzMXNjZkRrX28/view?usp=sharing

 

I came across this thread searching for the same issue. It's like a grinding noise situated behind the instrument panel. Sounds like plastic gears grinding or something. I'm battling all my trucks noises this week. This is the last on my list. The first was replacing a clicking/grinding blend door actuator, which went very smoothly and cheaply($35).

 

Anyway.. I don't have an answer, but I thought if we could get audio of what we're dealing with, maybe someone could help us both.

 

2006 Silverado LS, 4.8L V8, 60k miles