Floor creaking

[hodginator]

Mine started creaking on flex/turns as well a few weeks ago, drove me crazy. Did some reading as well and found like others, that stuffing some stuff between the very bottom carpet and center console plastic made it silent again, odd. Guess it places upwards pressure on that bottom plastic piece or something. So try that, pull up your rear mat, and stuff something in that spot. I folded literally some paper towels, squeezed them in strong between carpet and plastic at bottom of center console and its been quite now again for a few weeks.

I'm going to have to try this as my truck has developed what sounds like two specific squeaks/creaks that are getting progressively louder. One appears to be in or near the center console so I'm hoping your fix will work. The other sounds like it's under the driver seat but can't be reproduced by moving around in the seat and only appears to happen when moving and going around a corner (or side tilt in the road).

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[txtravwill]

I'm going to have to try this as my truck has developed what sounds like two specific squeaks/creaks that are getting progressively louder. One appears to be in or near the center console so I'm hoping your fix will work. The other sounds like it's under the driver seat but can't be reproduced by moving around in the seat and only appears to happen when moving and going around a corner (or side tilt in the road).

Cool good luck. Yeah, mine was similar. It did seem odd that sticking some stuff under the kinda flimsier plastic at rear center bottom of console, between it and carpet, helped, but it did. Been silent a few weeks so far - back to like it was when new with no creaks at all.

 

[The Tumbler]

i’ve been having this issue for a while. Driving me nuts. Truck went to the SC and they could not fix it, determined they needed to replace the driver seat. I came back for another appointment and they replaced the seat, but the creaking did not go away. I have another appointment on August 5. it certainly seems to be coming from the bottom of the center console or the driver seat when turning. Can’t be replicated by moving the center console or the driver seat by hand.

 

[Darth abbott]

Update, mine was the center console; it has been fixed! Very happy!

 

[CyberZephyr]

X sometimes does.

 

[ChiTownCT]

Update, mine was the center console; it has been fixed! Very happy!

Can you note what the SC did so I know what to ask them to check?

 

[Darth abbott]

Can you make a note of what the SC did so I know what to ask them to check?

I picked up after hours so I didn't get a lot of info, but it stated that it was the center console in the notes, and the tech rode with me and had no doubt it was the console. I was a little bumbed I missed then at pick up.

 

[Cali5268]

That's really vague, tho?

Springs and plastics will make noise as they move, and EVs don't generate as much background noise as ICE so the 'floor' of noise is lower, allowing you to hear things you wouldn't in an ICE powered vehicle.

Not to defend an annoying creak, but... the truck is supposed to be cheap.

-Crissa

What do you mean it’s supposed to be cheap? We spent over 100k?

 

[WHIZZARD OF OZ]

Just as well.... you're not up the Creek without a paddle!

 

[Crissa]

What do you mean it’s supposed to be cheap? We spent over 100k?

You did? Well... Tesla said it was the Model 3 of trucks. A mass-market item.

I'm waiting for it to be an appropriate price. As long as there's guys who'll buy it for more, why shouldn't it have a markup?

-Crissa

 

[MilliVanilli]

I'm going to have to try this as my truck has developed what sounds like two specific squeaks/creaks that are getting progressively louder. One appears to be in or near the center console so I'm hoping your fix will work. The other sounds like it's under the driver seat but can't be reproduced by moving around in the seat and only appears to happen when moving and going around a corner (or side tilt in the road).

Holy crap. I have the exact same issue, word-for-word. It seems like it should be straightforward to reproduce, but it isn't at all, which drives me nuts. It sort of feels like the seat/cushion slides a bit, too, but I can't recreate it while the car is parked.

 

[Darth abbott]

Holy crap. I have the exact same issue, word-for-word. It seems like it should be straightforward to reproduce, but it isn't at all, which drives me nuts. It sort of feels like the seat/cushion slides a bit, too, but I can't recreate it while the car is parked.

Mine was the center console, service tech fixed it and then it came back a week later and now it's worse haven't had it back in again. Really frustrating.

 

[cybertruckwaldo]

Holy crap. I have the exact same issue, word-for-word. It seems like it should be straightforward to reproduce, but it isn't at all, which drives me nuts. It sort of feels like the seat/cushion slides a bit, too, but I can't recreate it while the car is parked.

It is either the seats rubbing the middle console or the front/rear panels of the center console creaking when you turn.

Seats rubbing - There really isn't any fix other than using some type of leather conditioner to reduce the friction but it will eventually dry up or move the seat to a position that doesn't touch the center console as much.

Front/rear panels of the center console creaking - You have to get the service center to remove the panel at fault and apply as much dampening material as possible on the inside of the console. Mine took 4 visits to fix. They literally had to apply material around every screw and in every crack on the inside of the console.

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