2015 Sierra dent in top of door panel?

Pacfanweb · April 27, 2017

Okay, this one is kind of dumb, but it does bug me a bit.

My Sierra has a dent/dimple in the top of the door panel right where my elbow rests when I'm driving. Elbow on the top of the door panel, hand on the wheel.

Drove my 04 Suburban for 250k+ the same way and no dent. Have driven every car I've ever owned this way and no dent.

I'm not the only one, either. I'm a dealership vendor and one local GMC/Chevy dealer is one of my clients, and I've seen 2 other Silverado/Sierras with the exact same dent.

It's under warranty...only 16k, but I'm not sure I want to replace it just to have it do the same thing.

The dealership has no problem doing it....just would love for it to not happen again.

So I was wondering if anyone else has one of these dents?

JimCost2014 · April 27, 2017

Same dent on my last 3 Chevy's. I guess it is our way of putting our personal stamp (dent) in the truck. I never have bothered having the panel replaced because I think it would just happen again and again.

It's Tim · April 27, 2017

No dent but I'm 5'11" 160 lbs, so maybe not enough elbow?

Sierra706 · April 27, 2017

Picture?

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powerhaulic · April 28, 2017

9000mi and my dent is there......lol

it is what it is

hairybumcrack · April 30, 2017

It is a depression, not a dent, and it is there because of cheap thin ass foam under the cheap ass vinyl. Didn't have one until the 23 hr drive to Florida last year. If you don't want one, then don't rest your elbow up there otherwise it will happen again. Personally, I find it uncomfortable if I don't rest my elbow there.

JimCost2014 · May 2, 2017

It is a depression, not a dent, and it is there because of cheap thin ass foam under the cheap ass vinyl. Didn't have one until the 23 hr drive to Florida last year. If you don't want one, then don't rest your elbow up there otherwise it will happen again. Personally, I find it uncomfortable if I don't rest my elbow there.

I agree, it is more comfortable, so I live with the dent/depression.

Pacfanweb · May 3, 2017

I agree, it is more comfortable, so I live with the dent/depression.

That's kind of my point. People have been driving like that for 50 years or more and not leaving dents in their door panels.

JimCost2014 · May 3, 2017

That's kind of my point. People have been driving like that for 50 years or more and not leaving dents in their door panels.

Yea, but I will take the dented foam over a steel panel or rock hard plastic like vehicles that I have had in the past.

Tattooo · May 3, 2017

I saw in a video from a GM engineer that they designed it that way purposely to be more comfortable. The dent annoys me as well so I kneaded it out as best I could and have consciously put my elbow on the lower part of the door for the past month and the dent took regular shape and is gone now.

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Pacfanweb · May 4, 2017

Yea, but I will take the dented foam over a steel panel or rock hard plastic like vehicles that I have had in the past.

My 99 Tahoe and 04 Suburban are perfectly comfortable and nary a dent.

The foam isn't even helping you be more comfortable if it's permanently compressed, anyway. Where my elbow sits on the door panel is now HARDER than either of my other vehicles.

JimCost2014 · May 4, 2017

My 99 Tahoe and 04 Suburban are perfectly comfortable and nary a dent.

The foam isn't even helping you be more comfortable if it's permanently compressed, anyway. Where my elbow sits on the door panel is now HARDER than either of my other vehicles.

So, time to sell truck?