Anyone else have a creaky driver's seat?

[Granite2WD]

In case you're wondering, I weigh 200 pounds

My driver's seat creaks every time I turn left. Anyone else experience this?

I love how quiet this truck is, but in some ways that makes noises audible that wouldn't stand out in a louder vehicle. I've tried to soundproof vehicles before and it always ends up replacing one sound with another for me. I'm considering a louder exhaust to mask the odds and ends rattles and creaks like this one.

 

[Granite2WD]

Somewhat related, if you go through a drive-through car wash you can really notice the benefit of the front side glass being laminated/twice as thick compared to the rear side glass. The volume and pitch of the sounds are very different.

 

[rws1944]

In case you're wondering, I weigh 200 pounds

My driver's seat creaks every time I turn left. Anyone else experience this?

I love how quiet this truck is, but in some ways that makes noises audible that wouldn't stand out in a louder vehicle. I've tried to soundproof vehicles before and it always ends up replacing one sound with another for me. I'm considering a louder exhaust to mask the odds and ends rattles and creaks like this one.

Try making only right hand turns and/or lose 20 pounds.

 

[Granite2WD]

Try making only right hand turns and/or lose 20 pounds.

I'll go with the right-hand turns!

 

[BeeLDub]

My experience is with my Jeep, not yet a Ram, but I had something very similar. And every time I got it to creak, it wouldn't creak again right away until I sat still for a while. Then I'd turn again, and hear it again.

I complained to the dealer, they replaced the track system under warranty, it came back again within a few weeks.

Then I used WD40 white lithium grease on the tracks, springs, hinges, etc, etc, anything that moved! And I never heard it again!

 

[Granite2WD]

My experience is with my Jeep, not yet a Ram, but I had something very similar. And every time I got it to creak, it wouldn't creak again right away until I sat still for a while. Then I'd turn again, and hear it again.

I complained to the dealer, they replaced the track system under warranty, it came back again within a few weeks.

Then I used WD40 white lithium grease on the tracks, springs, hinges, etc, etc, anything that moved! And I never heard it again!

I will try this before I let the dealer know. Thank you!

 

[jdmartin]

I'll go with the right-hand turns!

HAhahaha that's what I tell my wife when she tells me the same thing!

 

[RamCares]

In case you're wondering, I weigh 200 pounds

My driver's seat creaks every time I turn left. Anyone else experience this?

I love how quiet this truck is, but in some ways that makes noises audible that wouldn't stand out in a louder vehicle. I've tried to soundproof vehicles before and it always ends up replacing one sound with another for me. I'm considering a louder exhaust to mask the odds and ends rattles and creaks like this one.

Hi Granite2WD,

We certainly understand why this would be concerning! If you do end up having to work with your dealer for this, please be sure to let us know via PM. We are more than happy to provide you with an extra layer of support for that process.

Mark
RamCares

 

[Granite2WD]

My experience is with my Jeep, not yet a Ram, but I had something very similar. And every time I got it to creak, it wouldn't creak again right away until I sat still for a while. Then I'd turn again, and hear it again.

I complained to the dealer, they replaced the track system under warranty, it came back again within a few weeks.

Then I used WD40 white lithium grease on the tracks, springs, hinges, etc, etc, anything that moved! And I never heard it again!

This almost completely solved my issue and I'm hoping I just need to do a better job lubrication everything to completely quiet the seat. In addition to two springs, there are two rubber bushings, similar to what you would see on a sway bar mount, that I lubricated in addition to the tracks. THANK YOU!

 

[tyresmoker]

My experience is with my Jeep, not yet a Ram, but I had something very similar. And every time I got it to creak, it wouldn't creak again right away until I sat still for a while. Then I'd turn again, and hear it again.

I complained to the dealer, they replaced the track system under warranty, it came back again within a few weeks.

Then I used WD40 white lithium grease on the tracks, springs, hinges, etc, etc, anything that moved! And I never heard it again!

Yup, both my 11' GC Summit and my '17 GC SRT have/had the occasional seat creak. It definitely comes and goes..

 

[BeeLDub]

This almost completely solved my issue and I'm hoping I just need to do a better job lubrication everything to completely quiet the seat. In addition to two springs, there are two rubber bushings, similar to what you would see on a sway bar mount, that I lubricated in addition to the tracks. THANK YOU!

Glad to hear it helped! I did one heavy application like 9 months ago and it has not come back since!

Yup, both my 11' GC Summit and my '17 GC SRT have/had the occasional seat creak. It definitely comes and goes..

Yeah, mine was on my '16 Wrangler, but hasn't creaked since!

 

[Granite2WD]

Hi Granite2WD,

We certainly understand why this would be concerning! If you do end up having to work with your dealer for this, please be sure to let us know via PM. We are more than happy to provide you with an extra layer of support for that process.

Mark
RamCares

Thank you for the note! I think I'm good to go though.

 

[RamCares]

Thank you for the note! I think I'm good to go though.

Hi Granite2WD,

Of course, glad to hear you were able to get this taken care of!

Mark
RamCares