Something Rolling Behind the Dash

[seabas22]

Driving the 2019 Tahoe (22K miles) yesterday and sounded like something broke lose all the sudden and hear something rolling around behind the dash on passenger side. I was driving maybe 35mph on smooth straight road, not like I hit a bump or curve or anything. It's not anything in the glove box or storage compartments. Any ideas?

 

[OR VietVet]

Remove the glove box and look for what it may be.

 

[Captain Insaino]

Do you have kids? Check for foreign objects in the a/c ducts.

 

[seabas22]

Remove the glove box and look for what it may be.

Sounds like it's much higher than the glove box, like right underneath the top of the dash.

 

[OR VietVet]

Which you may see when you remove the glove box and look UP there. Could also be what @Captain Insaino said as well.

 

[seabas22]

Do you have kids? Check for foreign objects in the a/c ducts.

Negative, no kids have been in it.

 

[Joseph Garcia]

Let us know what you see, after you have removed the glove box and inspected the area.

 

[Tahoe14]

I believe there is a youtube on how to remove the dash pad if you need to go that far.

 

[seabas22]

Removed the glove box, definitely not behind there, sounds more like up by the windshield and rolling all the way across.

 

[OR VietVet]

Could be something that is under the cowl then and will need to remove that after wiper removal.

 

[seabas22]

Welp now there is a missing T15 bit somewhere in the hoe.

 

[Fless]

Removed the glove box, definitely not behind there, sounds more like up by the windshield and rolling all the way across.

It's one of those missing 10mm sockets.....

 

[Doubeleive]

HAH, I popped the red positive battery cover clip off the other day under the hood and it vanished into the engine bay somewhere, went to never never land apparently.

 

[seabas22]

I think there is a screw loose in the ceiling. Really hard to locate where the sound is coming from. From driver seat it sounds like passenger side, but from passenger side it sounds like driver side.

 

[Jacko1]

Driving the 2019 Tahoe (22K miles) yesterday and sounded like something broke lose all the sudden and hear something rolling around behind the dash on passenger side. I was driving maybe 35mph on smooth straight road, not like I hit a bump or curve or anything. It's not anything in the glove box or storage compartments. Any ideas?

I’m sure it’s a 10mm socket. Some robot at the plant is really sad today

 

[seabas22]

two phillips screws, not sure where they go. The overhead console does seem a bit loose now.

 

[nglauer]

I got a super awesome panel tool and a really nice hammer out of the cowl of my 2010 Acadia. Made an awful noise on way from dealership. Got home and decided to look instead of taking it back.

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[MarkD]

Driving the 2019 Tahoe (22K miles) yesterday and sounded like something broke lose all the sudden and hear something rolling around behind the dash on passenger side. I was driving maybe 35mph on smooth straight road, not like I hit a bump or curve or anything. It's not anything in the glove box or storage compartments. Any ideas?

I just had the same issue, my wife and I were arguing what side the rolling sound is coming from in the dash. Luckily, after searching this forum and a few other sites we discovered the problem is in the overhead console. A screw or screws fall on the backside of the overhead console cover. Let down the sun glass holder and pry the rear clips loose and sure enough I had a screw in my overhead console cover. Problem solved. There are videos on how to remove the overhead console on a Tahoe which will show you how to pry the cover off.

 

[MarkD]

two phillips screws, not sure where they go. The overhead console does seem a bit loose now.

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Thank you, had one screw in mine.

 

[Phil Rosche]

Thank you, had one screw in mine.

I realize this is a REALLY old thread, but, I had something rolling around in my overhead console and it was a black Phillips head screw with a built in washer. I couldn't tell where it went, does anyone know? Thanks.