Does Something look wrong with This?
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Apr 8, 2023, 08:17 PM
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Don't worry about, it if doesn't look right to you just trade it in on #4, or would that be #5? 
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The alignment on that panel does look a bit off. Maybe a trip to the dealer for a repair is in order.
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Nothing that some heat and a sledgehammer couldn’t fix. It’s a Chevy. No way is that acceptable, even on their entry level cars.
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Gap does look a bit large BUT having a dealer mess with a dash IMO could make it worse.
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That would bug me to death, looks awful. Time for # 5 and peace of mind.
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You can imagine how hard it is to control the shape and tolerance of all those parts in production. Dash trim parts are designed to try to hide fit up issues, but with end to end parts you have a big gap there.
The picture in #4 looks good. Maybe that front trim part can be moved back to make the gap tighter. I hope you have a good dealer that is willing to try to fix that. It is something that I would notice also.
The picture in #4 looks good. Maybe that front trim part can be moved back to make the gap tighter. I hope you have a good dealer that is willing to try to fix that. It is something that I would notice also.
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You can imagine how hard it is to control the shape and tolerance of all those parts in production. Dash trim parts are designed to try to hide fit up issues, but with end to end parts you have a big gap there.
The picture in #4 looks good. Maybe that front trim part can be moved back to make the gap tighter. I hope you have a good dealer that is willing to try to fix that. It is something that I would notice also.
The picture in #4 looks good. Maybe that front trim part can be moved back to make the gap tighter. I hope you have a good dealer that is willing to try to fix that. It is something that I would notice also.
I assume you are being sarcastic about controlling shape and tolerance of parts in production. That is the very definition of quality control and production. That piece looks like ****. Period. That level of quality is what has relegated US production to the garbage pile in favor of China in too many cases.
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Not sarcastic. Those parts are hard to measure since there is no flat surface to measure from. I agree that they should fit better, and I understand why someone would complain, I would too.
I worked in engineering for truck dashboards so I have seen this kind of fit up problem. I'm just trying to explain what happens from the OEM side.
Not saying it is acceptable, and I am surprised that it passed QC inspection.
You would think that after 100K cars produced they would know how to make it right, but things change in the manufacturing process. Not every part on every car is perfect.
I worked in engineering for truck dashboards so I have seen this kind of fit up problem. I'm just trying to explain what happens from the OEM side.
Not saying it is acceptable, and I am surprised that it passed QC inspection.
You would think that after 100K cars produced they would know how to make it right, but things change in the manufacturing process. Not every part on every car is perfect.
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Feels like deja vu because I swear someone said the exact same thing with the exact same pictures in recent months if not last year and I internalized their experience and gripe to temper my own expectations for when mine gets delivered. Not something I'd stress over unless you bought a Porsche, Lexus, etc. where build quality is a hallmark/cornerstone/key value proposition of the brand. GM is basically Government Motors and, as someone who works for the government, we jokingly have a saying for craftsmanship like that: "Good enough for government work." Ironically, that phrase originally described top notch quality work back in the day.