What did you do to your NNBS GMT900 Tahoe/Yukon Today?

[the_tool_man]

When I bought my Yukon a year ago, it already had a crack in the dash next to the passenger airbag. After studying up on the causes, looking at easy fixes, hard fixes, replacement, etc. I vowed to do everything I could to preserve the rest of the dash. I've done everything I could. I put a sunshade in the windshield. I regularly applied protectants (probably made from baby seals and whale blubber) to the dash. I parked in the shade whenever I could - even at night. I said a prayer every day when I got in the truck. I hung rosary beads on the rear view mirror. I've asked for divine help from rabbis, medicine men, mechanics, priests, a bishop and an old televangelist.

Today, this, just in front of the instrument cluster binnacle:



All that for nothing. Thanks GM.

True story: my wife's '09 Camry got a recall notice from Toyota to bring her car in for a free dash replacement because it might become sticky. Same day replacement, no fuss, no issues. I wish GM would step up here. But that's wishful thinking. Maybe I'll sick my medicine man on them. I think he's got a spare voodoo doll somewhere.

 

[avalonandl]

When I bought my Yukon a year ago, it already had a crack in the dash next to the passenger airbag. After studying up on the causes, looking at easy fixes, hard fixes, replacement, etc. I vowed to do everything I could to preserve the rest of the dash. I've done everything I could. I put a sunshade in the windshield. I regularly applied protectants (probably made from baby seals and whale blubber) to the dash. I parked in the shade whenever I could - even at night. I said a prayer every day when I got in the truck. I hung rosary beads on the rear view mirror. I've asked for divine help from rabbis, medicine men, mechanics, priests, a bishop and an old televangelist.

Today, this, just in front of the instrument cluster binnacle:

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All that for nothing. Thanks GM.

True story: my wife's '09 Camry got a recall notice from Toyota to bring her car in for a free dash replacement because it might become sticky. Same day replacement, no fuss, no issues. I wish GM would step up here. But that's wishful thinking. Maybe I'll sick my medicine man on them. I think he's got a spare voodoo doll somewhere.

Install a dashskin.... problem solved.

I personally agree that it's one of GM's biggest quality failures. The number of suv's/trucks out there with cracked dash's has got to be several MILLION....

This from a GM family man......

 

[the_tool_man]

Install a dashskin.... problem solved.

I personally agree that it's one of GM's biggest quality failures. The number of suv's/trucks out there with cracked dash's has got to be several MILLION....

This from a GM family man......

Got one in my Amazon wish list already. The only thing that gives me pause is that my dash has recently developed a really annoying rattle on the inside. It sounds like it's right behind the headlight switch. If I can't figure it out from below, I'll end up pulling the top panel off anyway. Might as well replace it in that case.

Question for anyone who's installed a dashskin. Does it make removal of the factory piece more difficult down the road?

 

[swathdiver]

Install a dashskin.... problem solved.

I personally agree that it's one of GM's biggest quality failures. The number of suv's/trucks out there with cracked dash's has got to be several MILLION....

This from a GM family man......

I reckon that every single one of them will begin cracking at some point. Been lucky so far but then again, I haven't looked under the dash mat in several years! My kids clean it for me.

 

[avalonandl]

I reckon that every single one of them will begin cracking at some point. Been lucky so far but then again, I haven't looked under the dash mat in several years! My kids clean it for me.

Ahh, the old "if you don't see it, it didn't happen"


LOL

 

[avalonandl]

Got one in my Amazon wish list already. The only thing that gives me pause is that my dash has recently developed a really annoying rattle inside the dash. It sounds like it's right behind the headlight switch. If I can't figure it out from below, I'll end up pulling the top panel off anyway. Might as well replace it in that case.

Question for anyone who's installed a dashskin. Does it make removal of the factory piece more difficult down the road?

It has too since it bridges 2 pieces- the dash top and the section over the defrost vents.

But I will tell you I had a rattle but it was a small section of the dash that was cracked flapping from road vibration. Now- NO RATTLES...

 

[Rocket Man]

Got one in my Amazon wish list already. The only thing that gives me pause is that my dash has recently developed a really annoying rattle inside the dash. It sounds like it's right behind the headlight switch. If I can't figure it out from below, I'll end up pulling the top panel off anyway. Might as well replace it in that case.

Question for anyone who's installed a dashskin. Does it make removal of the factory piece more difficult down the road?

You have to pull the dashskin first and it’s glued down. So yes. Plus I’m pretty sure you can’t reinstall the dashskin.

 

[trailblazer]

I finally got a chance to install new driver door wire harnesses in both my ‘09 Tahoe and Silverado. Both vehicles had issues all related to that stupid harness. The Silverado had an intermittent problem with the driver side window switch, power mirrors never worked, and the dome light wouldn’t shut off (I jumpered a ground in the old harness to fix that. The Tahoe kept getting an Airbag warning light due to a driver door sensor fault every time I would open the driver door with the engine running.
Replacing the harnesses FIXED all of those issues! Took four weeks to get from GM and they both were $180 shipped with tax. Took 45min to install.






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[Tonyrodz]

I finally got a chance to install new driver door wire harnesses in both my ‘09 Tahoe and Silverado. Both vehicles had issues all related to that stupid harness. The Silverado had an intermittent problem with the driver side window switch, power mirrors never worked, and the dome light wouldn’t shut off (I jumpered a ground in the old harness to fix that. The Tahoe kept getting an Airbag warning light due to a driver door sensor fault every time I would open the driver door with the engine running.
Replacing the harnesses FIXED all of those issues! Took four weeks to get from GM and they both were $180 shipped with tax. Took 45min to install.






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Nothing like genuine gm, and new too!

 

[M3kanic]

I know it has been a long time since I posted in here but with finding my lifter broke and camshaft worn down I figured that I would see if anyone else has seen this.

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