The spring on this cover broke or came unattached on my 2011 suburban 1500 ltz. The front most cover that is open in the pic. I dont even know what its called but it now needs to be manually opened. I would like to try and fix it. Any one know what the compartment is called so I can better search or look for a part or anyone fix this yet? Figured I'd ask before I try popping off panels that are not supposed to come off. Any help appreciated.

 

Welcome to the forum.
I believe you can pry the entire unit out using a panel removal tool.

 

Yea so after searching on the issue I hear to just open both doors and forceable pull up. I can see from pics online of the part that there are 2 clips on the rear and one on each side. and like tabs in the front. Looks like the lid has a couple gears and a spring. I am thinking the spring came off the gear. Going to go out shortly and find out for sure one way or the other. I'm sure the dealer would just say replace the whole front console. I found the part for $175 to about $350. I'd rather just reattach the spring(hopefully it aint broke).

 

Looks like the arm that connects the lid to the gears broke. I super glued it and hopefully it holds.. Will slap back in tomorrow. The whole thing is super thin and flimsy not surprisingly. I almost broke it just pulling it out and it came out real easy. Just cheap stuff in general. Really sucks to have car makers putting materials in cars that just barely hold up for a few years. And its one of their flagship models. My Vette is full of cheap plastic also. Really sucks but thats what they do. The big three are known for their cheapness and affordability. Not quality. Kind of the Harbor Freight of Car manufacturers. I sure as hell would not run a business that way. I want top quality or nothing

 

And yet you own (at least) two Chevrolets. Hell, I remember even in the old days of GM, Chevy was at the bottom, then Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Buick and finally Cadillac.
If you want nothing but top quality, why don't you drive a Mercedes AMG-GT or an S-Class coupe? Maybe Bentley or Rolls Royce?
And I assume you have top-quality appliances like a Viking or Thermador range and Subzero refrigerators?
And I assume you use nothing but Snap-On tools?

 

Well money is an issue there. I was referring to if it were my business. I'm a fabricator and I approach my work with top quality. Either way I was just trying to show a problem and what I did to fix it in case someone else runs into the issue.

 

Since this is the first instance of this that I can recall showing up on this forum, I wonder if something fell down in there and stuck the door and someone forced it to open or close thereby breaking the piece off. Just a thought.

As an example when the GMT900 first came out in 2007, people were complaining that they were denting the hood when they closed it. After a few months of pointing out on the forum that they needed to not use the heel of their hand and also to lower it slowly until it was about 12 inches from being closed and then shut it, the complaints went away. They failed to realize that the gas springs that were used to hold the hood open did not react the same as the old coiled springs did previously.

 

Mine broke back in 2009, fixed under warranty. they glued it as well.

It's built to a cost. Everything is. I loved my Tesla, but when a door handle sets you back $1200 you admire the $60 solution from GM (the ones that don't slice your hands...)

I've always thought GM could make good things, but the bean counters hold them back. Then again, if you made every part 'just a bit' better, you'd tack on $10k to a car easy...

I believe the Toyota Land Crusher is built for a 25 year service life... https://oppositelock.kinja.com/why-t...ive-1715003811

When I looked into them and test drove it, EVERYTHING was chunky as hell. Plastic, but like 2" thick plastic that could take a beating.