2001 center fold down console

bassman · May 2, 2004

Ok just bought 2001 chevy silverado my center console lid latch is not working properly so i took it apart and dont see nothing broken or bent. Does anyone no where to get a pic of the assembly??????????????? or ever had this problem and no how to put it back together properly

rado · May 3, 2004

hah, mines never worked right on my truck, I have to bang that thing like Paris Hilton to get it to open... And sadly enough my DVD player is in their..

gnutruk · May 3, 2004

Mine has been pretty funky right from new. I nearly have to slam it down hard to get it to stay closed. Opens ok though.

gnutruk

airbalancer · May 3, 2004

Is this with the bench seat?

Had to replace 2 on my '00 Chevy finally riped the plastic push button in the front out, and there is a latchyoucanpush inwith your finger. And it work fine

dbajaer · October 3, 2009

Is this with the bench seat?

Had to replace 2 on my '00 Chevy finally riped the plastic push button in the front out, and there is a latchyoucanpush inwith your finger. And it work fine

I have the same problem, center console lid latch almost impossible to open lid. I pried out the coin tray latch assembly and found all looks good except for the eraser looking thing laying in bottom of latch. I have looked and searched lots of boards and have only found the 'rip off' sites trying to sell an answer. Seems to be a common problem with the latch. One link mentioned the eraser prevents the latch from closing when the lid is up, I have tried to figure this thing out and do not see what to change to make the latch work. Getting a new latch would not seem to help as I would still have to address the eraser item laying in the tray...Has anyone else solved this problem? I did not find any debris in the latch area, perhaps I will just clean it totally and drop some lube in tray and try to reassemble it....Anyone?

dbajaer · October 5, 2009

Is this with the bench seat?

Had to replace 2 on my '00 Chevy finally riped the plastic push button in the front out, and there is a latchyoucanpush inwith your finger. And it work fine

I have the same problem, center console lid latch almost impossible to open lid. I pried out the coin tray latch assembly and found all looks good except for the eraser looking thing laying in bottom of latch. I have looked and searched lots of boards and have only found the 'rip off' sites trying to sell an answer. Seems to be a common problem with the latch. One link mentioned the eraser prevents the latch from closing when the lid is up, I have tried to figure this thing out and do not see what to change to make the latch work. Getting a new latch would not seem to help as I would still have to address the eraser item laying in the tray...Has anyone else solved this problem? I did not find any debris in the latch area, perhaps I will just clean it totally and drop some lube in tray and try to reassemble it....Anyone?

Here is the answer to my own question, the eraser looking thing is a rolling lock. When the third seat is lifted to the vertical position to use the seat, the eraser rolls into a locking position so the lid does not open by accident. My latching mechanism came out by prying both ends of the coin tray. The broken part was a tiny plastic pin that restricts the latch button movement. I used a small drill to drill out the pin base and threaded in a small machine screw to take the pins place. It works great...Hope this helps someone else!

clemsonblozz · October 5, 2009

Is this with the bench seat?

Had to replace 2 on my '00 Chevy finally riped the plastic push button in the front out, and there is a latchyoucanpush inwith your finger. And it work fine

I have the same problem, center console lid latch almost impossible to open lid. I pried out the coin tray latch assembly and found all looks good except for the eraser looking thing laying in bottom of latch. I have looked and searched lots of boards and have only found the 'rip off' sites trying to sell an answer. Seems to be a common problem with the latch. One link mentioned the eraser prevents the latch from closing when the lid is up, I have tried to figure this thing out and do not see what to change to make the latch work. Getting a new latch would not seem to help as I would still have to address the eraser item laying in the tray...Has anyone else solved this problem? I did not find any debris in the latch area, perhaps I will just clean it totally and drop some lube in tray and try to reassemble it....Anyone?

Here is the answer to my own question, the eraser looking thing is a rolling lock. When the third seat is lifted to the vertical position to use the seat, the eraser rolls into a locking position so the lid does not open by accident. My latching mechanism came out by prying both ends of the coin tray. The broken part was a tiny plastic pin that restricts the latch button movement. I used a small drill to drill out the pin base and threaded in a small machine screw to take the pins place. It works great...Hope this helps someone else!

+1 for ripping the plastic button off.. I did it to mine, and now I stick my finger down in the cavity, and bingo.. also a great theift deterent... unless you read this board, yer gonna prolly not get that thing open..

fcknmaw · October 6, 2009

Yeah, I've owned 5 GMT-800's and all but 2 of them had a problem with the latch. And +2 on ripping of the plastic button. I've had to readjust to having on that actually works. I prefer no button.

2016 Sierra Owner · February 27, 2010

The only problem I had with mine is the button being hard to push in to open it. I gave it a few shots of WD-40 and it worked like a charm.

Chris03Silver · February 28, 2010

mine did that since i bought it this past friday. my best friend looked at it.. and he said he bent the cam/lever thats attatched to the part you push. works like a champ! not sure if the 03 is any different then your but he got mine to work...