Center stack/console noises

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I'm curious how many if any here have squeaking, creaking, or rattling coming from their consoles and center stack areas of the dash. I had a 2019 Tahoe which had some but not too bad. My 2020 has quite a few. The console wasn't in correctly from the factory so I removed it and put it back the way it's supposed to go which eliminated some of it but a hard bump brings all kinds of plastic noises. If I touch any of the plastic trim around the screen or audio/climate controls with any sort of pressure everything squeaks and groans. I am thinking it'***** or miss with the assembly, materials, and design of the dash as to whether you get a quiet one.
 

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There's something on mine in the center stack that occasionally "pops" ... like an expanding or contracting plastic noise. I haven't figured out exactly what's doing it. My steering column creaks when turning at very low speeds, like when pulling into a parking spot.
I'm choosing to ignore it for now because I don't want to gamble that the dealership won't screw something else up bad if I ask them to rip it apart and find the noise. (been burned on that before) :rolleyes:

No rattles anywhere though. It's actually much more quiet than my Cadillac was.
 

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My brother works for Ford Motor Company at the assembly plant in KC, Mo. He told me that the worst days for assembly line builds are Monday, when the workers are still hung over from the weekend and Friday, when the same people can't wait to get off and party all weekend. Their minds are not all in, so to speak.

A friend of mine that ran shops too once told me about a tapping noise a customer brought to his shop to locate on his Dodge car, can't remember which one but was a car and not a truck. The noise was behind the rear seat and on the passenger side. They gained access as best they could and found an empty Coke can hanging on a string that would lean left or right in turns or curves and impact inside that wall there. They fished it out and showed the owner of the car. It was all traced back to being done on the assembly line by some ******* line worker.
 
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Well mine was built right after the strike ended. I don't know whether that's good or bad. I can't take it to the dealership as they did some work to mine as soon as it came off the carrier (grill, emblems, and running boards swap) and gouged my front bumper and scratched everything they touched. I'll have to track it down on my own.
 

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Hopefully you documented all the damage they did and talked to them about it. I would still take to them for the noise problems and make sure all is documented because you know they are going to say they cannot duplicate the problem. Make someone from there go for a road test with you to let them hear it.
 

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Well mine was built right after the strike ended. I don't know whether that's good or bad. I can't take it to the dealership as they did some work to mine as soon as it came off the carrier (grill, emblems, and running
boards swap) and gouged my front bumper and scratched everything they touched. I'll have to track it down on my own.

can’t take it to another dealer?
 
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I think I'm kind of hesitant to let anyone touch it at this point considering the amount of damage it took already. I even tipped them before they did the work. I know there are good mechanics at some dealers but it really is a crap shoot. The dealer offered to get me a new bumper and have it repainted but I don't want them anywhere near it at this point. They even dented and scratched the roof putting the cross rails on. I went over everything beforehand about not scratching anything, not just putting the bumper on the ground and stuff like that...that's exactly what they did. They are giving me a new grill emblem (that I supplied new) that got all messed up when they must have laid the bumper on the ground face down that I'll put on myself. They also are going to give me new clips for the radiator shroud cover as it's just flopping around under the hood. I think the bumper clips are played out too as it sticks out too far on one side. I can't bring myself to let them start taking the interior apart lol. I took the console apart and the lower dash and got a few noises fixed so I have to think about letting anyone near it for now. Maybe after the shock of what they did wears off...but I doubt it. I will have to find these noises myself and carefully take the rest of the dash apart. It just seems like there is a lot of plastic going on and this particular vehicle might just have tolerance stacking or something that's making it all make noise. I was just curious if a lot of others are having the same type of noises. Like I said my 2019 was much quieter.
 

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I have a can of silicone spray with the long red tube that I spray into the cracks on the dash and doors where plastic and plastic touch. Works really well to cut down creaks and pops around the radio and center console on my 19 Premier. Been chasing rattles in cars for years this way.
 

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no sounds like that from my console or dash area.


guess mine was a midweek build ;)
 
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I have the 3M Dry Silicone spray that I was applying with a tiny paint brush in between spots I thought would contact each other. I was tempted to spray it in between all the tight fitting plastic surrounding the screen and controls but I am afraid it will mess up the electrical components and the touch screen if I just douse it back there.
 

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