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iceman1959

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iceman1959 Enthusiast

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I have a 2014 Silverado and have an issue with the bottom inside tailgate rubbing on the box bed pan.

I have went through my subdivision and have found 2 others with the exact same problem. I was wondering if there was others and if there is a fix for this.

My guess, working for GM and building these trucks from 1994 till I retired in 2007, is that there is no fix and that the parts were either not properly positioned or the fixture was not set correctly. For that I feel these boxes and tailgates should be replaced.

TxTruckMan Senior Enthusiast

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Replace the box and tailgate? Doesn't that seem a little extreme? They will probably make some adjustments and hit it with some touch up paint.

iceman1959 Enthusiast

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There are no adjustments that can be made. I built these till 2007. So now do they reform the metal and a quick touch up. I don't think so.

I'm looking for others. Found 2 just in my Subdivision.

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After contacting GM about the issue they have decided to make me another tailgate but it will be a little thinner.

Apparently they had an issue and thought they got all the bad boxes. Unfortunately there were a few that got through the system.

So the only solution is for a thinner tailgate this will supposedly stop the rubbing.

joshc64311 Enthusiast

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After contacting GM about the issue they have decided to make me another tailgate but it will be a little thinner.

Apparently they had an issue and thought they got all the bad boxes. Unfortunately there were a few that got through the system.

So the only solution is for a thinner tailgate this will supposedly stop the rubbing.I

I have the same problem how did you get the new tail gate?

iceman1959 Enthusiast

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Took it to my dealership were I bought the truck and told the body shop I wanted this corrected. There is no repair for this and GM thought they caught them all.

So the only correction that the engineer could see as of now is to try a thinner tail gait which I said lets try.

Britt Lifsey Enthusiast

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Thinner as in inside to outside or thinner as in bottom to top? Seems like another solution would be to slight move the hinge point of the tailgate or the posts it hinges on.

pm26 Senior Enthusiast

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I have a 2014 Silverado and have an issue with the bottom inside tailgate rubbing on the box bed pan.

I have went through my subdivision and have found 2 others with the exact same problem. I was wondering if there was others and if there is a fix for this.

My guess, working for GM and building these trucks from 1994 till I retired in 2007, is that there is no fix and that the parts were either not properly positioned or the fixture was not set correctly. For that I feel these boxes and tailgates should be replaced.

Yes, there is a fix for this. It is called Quality Control. Something GM abandoned a long time ago.

 

And there is no excuse for this. Proper quality control during part manufacturing, as well as final vehicle assembly should ensure that even if an out of spec part finds its way into the system (=failure of quality control at part level), such a part should never be installed on a vehicle (=failure at the assembly level). Finally, even if it is, the final quality control check should never permit a vehicle like this to leave factory. GM quality control failed on all three levels here. Which tells me that it is totally inadequate.

iceman1959 Enthusiast

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Yes working there they must have had a crash and a fixture was moved out of position. This happens and most of the time it is immediately corrected but in this incident apparently a few got through the system before the bad parts were caught. Once caught they attempt to pull all of the bad parts out and off the line but they told me a few got through.

So pm26 you are correct in that someone did not do there job and I assure you some sort of disciplinary action was taken.

iceman1959 Enthusiast

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The tail gate to my understanding will be thinner thickness.

There are no adjustments.

Potts Enthusiast

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Crazy that the "few" that got through all ended up on your street. Something tells me it's more than a few.

 

 

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iceman1959 Enthusiast

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no just saying I check around my neighborhood and found these 2 others and you are right that is why I got on this forum to see if there were any more out there. In fact I found another person with the same issue at a mall 15 miles from my house. Also had someone from Jeannette PA. hit me on this forum and said they had one.

Just wondering how many?

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