Rear Seat Headrest Rattle

Wheelguy · October 29, 2019

1 hour ago, crimsontidefan said:

Took mine (2019 RST) to the dealer today. Was doing very same thing and was constant. The service manager had fixed one truck before so they told me what to do and it works.
Lower both headrest down low as they will go. That’s it and it will go away. The posts rattle the inserts if they are up.

Mine were as low as they could go & rattled at every position from the time I took delivery until the tech spread the bars apart. Haven’t had an issue with them since. They shouldn’t rattle regardless of the position.

crimsontidefan · October 30, 2019

4 hours ago, Wheelguy said:

Mine were as low as they could go & rattled at every position from the time I took delivery until the tech spread the bars apart. Haven’t had an issue with them since. They shouldn’t rattle regardless of the position.

I agree fully ! They cost way to much to have stuff like that going on. I’m glad to hear that yours got fixed as well.

HAUSNA06 · December 17, 2019

Glad I found this thread! This has been driving me crazy! I took it into the dealer, and he said others had complained as well, so he submitted a ticket to GMC. Hopefully if enough complain they'll come out with a fix. In the meantime I'll try spreading the bars apart a bit.

nichos · December 24, 2019

This is what worked for me:

The Jones · March 7, 2020

Yes. I had the same issue. Removed the headrest and it went away. I will try spreading them apart more. Should have been caught in squeak and rattle test at the plant.

TLDLTD · March 8, 2020

My 3 day old loaner 2020 Silverado is doing this. Makes me crazy

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bamorris2 · March 8, 2020

I put a strip of Tessa tape on each of the stems and the noise is gone.

Bolts131 · April 12, 2020

Same problem here 2019 high country. Thought about spreading the posts a little but would like them fixed properly if GM has a correct fix ? I guess the dealer fix would be ordering new grommets or headrests ? So nice we have this forum to help figure this stuff out ! Thanks everyone !

CarCrazy49 · April 16, 2020

This works! Pulled the bars apart and then swapped them side to side. The rattle was driving me crazy. Thanks!!!!

Dnt · April 21, 2020

Mine rattles noticeably at low speeds on rough pavement. Going to check this out tomorrow I had hit all the parts back there with my hand and could not duplicate the rattle. Thought it was the headrest at the time. Dang GM 70k rattle TRAPS. Great QC GM Hahahaha

Memphis87 · April 27, 2020

On 4/20/2020 at 10:24 PM, Dnt said:

Mine rattles noticeably at low speeds on rough pavement. Going to check this out tomorrow I had hit all the parts back there with my hand and could not duplicate the rattle. Thought it was the headrest at the time. Dang GM 70k rattle TRAPS. Great QC GM Hahahaha

Could be the covers for the seatbelts up in the C-pillars. Mine were loose as well as the driver and passengers ones

donhutton · June 1, 2020

Yes, I have the same issue in my 2020 GMC 2500 HD AT4. Like you, it took me a while to figure out what it was. I removed the headrests and the rattle disappeared. With the headrest off, you can wiggle the metal bars and hear/feel the top of those bars hitting the inside of the headrest. If they didn't fold down and were stationary, I suspect they wouldn't rattle. I'm trying to figure out what I can do to stop this. May try pulling the bars apart as suggested I this string.

Blee · June 14, 2020

Awesome. So glad I found this thread. That is the only issue I've had with my truck in almost 5 months. It started right after I put in the Kicker subwoofer so I thought it was something sinister going on. I just left them out, I need to take it in for the brake recall and they can fix it then.

JeffE · June 15, 2020

Same issue with mine. I tipped them down and wrapped the seat belt strap around to keep pressure. Tried to pull them out but was afraid i would brake something. May try that again.

RST-stan · June 17, 2020

On 6/15/2020 at 4:19 PM, JeffE said:

Same issue with mine. I tipped them down and wrapped the seat belt strap around to keep pressure. Tried to pull them out but was afraid i would brake something. May try that again.

Theres a little button on the grommet that you gotta squeeze in, then pull up on the headrest