Dashboard - A Pillar Creaking

[Josh S]

See my post immediately above. This was driving me absolutely nuts. In a previous life, I was an engineer in a factory, and I am a hound dog when it comes to troubleshooting. Try pressing back and forth against the front fender just below the junction at he A-pillar on the passenger side. You can see where I have an orange wad of Gorilla tape wedged there.

Funny thing, the tape slipped out a bit, and the noise came back. I gently pulled the fender back and shoved the tape back down in the gap (without any tools), and the noise disappeared again. Hopefully, this is it for you. I spent a lot of time on the vent trim with absolutely no luck.

Please post to see if this is it. Sometimes the dealer service is quite worthless in these situations.

Thanks for the tip. Unfortunately, this didn't work for my truck.

I took another look at the black triangle piece of trim on the pillar. I tightened the two 10mm nuts (both were surprisingly loose) and spread out the clips for the plastic trim. It's been a few days, and I don't want to jinx it but so far so good...

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[bydabeach]

Thanks for the tip. Unfortunately, this didn't work for my truck.

I took another look at the black triangle piece of trim on the pillar. I tightened the two 10mm nuts (both were surprisingly loose) and spread out the clips for the plastic trim. It's been a few days, and I don't want to jinx it but so far so good...

I'm wondering if the "creak" I heard is the same as the creak you and others heard due to the issue you and other spotted with the triangle piece. I'm still wondering what was causing the noise on my truck, but I'm guessing that the metal from the front quarter panel and the frame/A-pillar must have been rubbing together, and the wad of tape I shoved in the gap spread the two pieces far enough apart to stop the rubbing together. I will ask the dealer next time I am in.

 

[Simpso57]

Well, add me to the list of folks with this issue. I will troubleshoot based on this thread and report back.

 

[bydabeach]

Well, add me to the list of folks with this issue. I will troubleshoot based on this thread and report back.

I have not had a recurrence of the issue. I have thought about having the dealer take a look, but I can only conclude that there must have been two pieces of metal rubbing against each other, and wedging a small wad of tape in the gap at the base of the A pillar where it meets the front fender (passenger side) "fixed" the issue. Silence is golden. Hope you have a similar result.

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