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d3m0n Enthusiast

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the cup holders on the 2014/2015 standard cap fold down center seat consoles (40/20/40) are not sealed.

 

I had a coffee cup leak out the bottom into the cup holder, and due to designed in slots, the contents of the cup holder saturated the foam and seat upholstery instead of just filling the cup holder with coffee. Add in the angle of the console...the liquid contents will travel the length of the seat cushion. This seems to be designed to specifically ruin the maximum about of seat with minimal amount of liquid lol.

 

While this example of mine is a lot of liquid saturation...even typical condensation will get into the foam and support mold growth inside the foam.

 

 

 

is there any action that can be taken here, besides a deep extractor cleaning?

 

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darkfox1 Senior Enthusiast

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You are absolutely right about this.

 

I noticed in my truck that the foam underneath the cup holder is discolored from something like this happening. I wonder if they'll change this in a future revision or something. Unless you live in nevada your to go cups are gonna sweat.

 

As far as fixing it:

 

pull rubber up toward lid and remove 2x phillips screws. Remove rubber from center of cup holders and remove 2x pillips screws, entire cup holder assembly will lift out.

 

Remove 2x phillips screws for inner bucket on lip where lid latches, pull up to disengage bucket.

 

You now have access to all of the seat foam.

 

This will help you clean it out. As far as fixing it.. Silicone around the grooves in the plastic piece? It wont be readily visible with the rubber trim in and will keep this from happening. Your cup holders will fill up with water instead.

d3m0n Enthusiast

d3m0n

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Your cup holders will fill up with water instead.

like every other cup holder on every other vehicle in the world lol

darkfox1 Senior Enthusiast

darkfox1

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:lol: certainly better than filling your seat with coffee huh?

 

I wonder if they've changed this in the 2015s.. (probably not.) This seems like a big oversight.

pm26 Senior Enthusiast

pm26

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:lol: certainly better than filling your seat with coffee huh?

 

I wonder if they've changed this in the 2015s.. (probably not.) This seems like a big oversight.

 

No, it is not an oversight. It was CHEAPER to make it this way.

haider320 Enthusiast

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I could swear my 3 cup holder in the center console is a solid piece of rubber. I'll have to check when I get home later.

Newell33 Enthusiast

Newell33

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I could swear my 3 cup holder in the center console is a solid piece of rubber. I'll have to check when I get home later.

I swore the same thing yesterday. Then I looked last night and found that I was mistaken. I always wonder who signs off on these designs. I'm guessing it has less to do with the engineering team, and more to do with the team of bean counters.

darkfox1 Senior Enthusiast

darkfox1

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Before this thread I thought mine was too.

 

It does explain though why my foam had a stain on the inside of my seat when I took it apart to get the wire harness out.

Fishingbear Enthusiast

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I originally thought that there was supposed to be a piece of rubber that sat at the bottom of the cup holders like my 2007 Sierra and that the dealer forgot to install it when they received my truck... so I assumed that those slots were to hold that rubber down. Now that I've had a few loaner Sierra's while my truck has had various warranty repairs I've noticed that none of them have any rubber insert in the cup holder and that the slot is there to allow the rubber to flex to accommodate different cup sizes. This is a serious design flaw and gross overlook by GM for not sealing the cup holders and allowing liquid to empty out into the inside of the center console fabric. Thanks for bringing this to everyone's attention.

ShotgunZ71 Senior Enthusiast

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Use the hard plastic cupholders in the doors if it's not to your satisfaction. Place towels around cups to ensure proper fit... :cheers:

Fishingbear Enthusiast

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Use the hard plastic cupholders in the doors if it's not to your satisfaction. Place towels around cups to ensure proper fit... :cheers:

 

I'd rather use the cup holders in the center console.

ShotgunZ71 Senior Enthusiast

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I'd rather use the cup holders in the center console.

I do, too. I only use the door ones if the ones in the console are full.

Fishingbear Enthusiast

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Here is what happens when you spill any liquid into your cup holders...


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EDIT: Click on each picture for a description.

02suburbanZ71 Senior Enthusiast

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Here is what happens when you spill any liquid into your cup holders...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EDIT: Click on each picture for a description.

Holy cow!!!!

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