HVAC Blower Motor Noise

[mmontini6289]

Sorry if this has been covered already, I searched the forum and couldn't find anything that matched my issue.
When using the blower motor, in just about any mode, on speeds 2 and 3, there is a chirping/squeaking sound coming from the passenger side vents. Of course, when I took it to the dealer, it stopped. Anyone else experienced anything like this?

[silverram323]

Our 2011 just started squeaking, what did you end up doing to get it fixed?

[VictoryRed08]

Our 2011 just started squeaking, what did you end up doing to get it fixed?

I recently noticed my 2011 doing it too, I'm just making just I can consistently reproduce the issue before I waste my time at the dealer.

[obermd]

That sounds like bearings in the blower fan. I think the blower is more to the passenger side of the car, so any noises made by the fan will be more noticeable on that side.

[mmontini6289]

In my case, in the lower fan speed settings, it sounded like there was a cricket/squeaking in the passenger side dashboard. I figured it was a leaf or something, so I opened up the Cabin Air Filter compartment (behind the glove box) to check, and it was clean. I took it to the dealer the first time and they couldn't hear anything so they cleaned out the Cabin Air Filter and sent my on my way, which bothered me because I had already done that and had a pretty good idea that it was a bearing/bushing in the blower motor. They told me to stop in again when it was happening. So, a week later, it was happening so I drove straight there. The kid at the reception counter got in my car and heard the issue, so I shut the car off. (Little did I know, he wasn't a tech) So the tech walked over and wanted to hear it, as if he didn't believe me, and the sound wouldn't reproduce. He was about to send me on my way again, so I got aggravated with him and basically said that I don't want to drive 30 minutes to the dealer for a third time to try to have him listen to it, so just order the **** blower motor because I know that's what it is. So he did. A week later, the motor came in and they replaced it. It only took them about 30 minutes. No more noise. Hope this helps anyone else who is experiencing this issue.

[v8318cid]

Guess I'm lucky in that respect. The blower in my '12 is quiet, especially on 1 and 2. Now if I could only get rid of the "dash itch/squeak". Unfortunately that would require taking the dash out...not something I want to do given my past experiences with such an undertaking.

[Eco]

I have this problem, I don't expect them to find it.

[spacedout]

Mine has a tick/chirp on fan speed 1 & 2. have not taken it in because it will be a waste of my time if the past is any indication of my service department.

I sometimes think that the mechanics at my service department have been working too long in loud environments & have some hearing loss, things the average driver can hear they seem to not notice.

[Chevy Customer Service]

If you are experiencing this issue I would recommend that you contact your dealer and have them look into this for you. Please keep me posted on this and if you have any other questions please feel free to contact me anytime.
Thank you,
Stacy Chevrolet Customer Service

[bjllgw]

I'm experiencing this exact same problem on my Chevrolet Cruze 2011 LT w/ approx 20k miles. I just purchased it last week. After just a few days I started hearing a chirping/squeaking noise coming from inside the dashboard somewhere between the center to passenger side. I narrowed down the problem to the air. It's constant for as long as the air is on. I can easily hear it from the driver side when the air is on 1 or 2. When I turn the air up any higher the chirping noise is still there, but it's hard to hear because the air is blowing so hard. When I turn the air off I can hear the noise wind down to nothing. So it's easily reproducible for me.

I took it to the Chevrolet dealership that I purchased the car from this morning and two different techs sat in the car with me for about 5 minutes each. I demonstrated the noise for them while they sat in the passenger seat. I could hear the noise very clearly. Somehow neither of them could hear the noise. It's not hard at all to hear, but somehow they thought everything sounded normal. I kept insisting the sound was a chirping/squeaking noise and not normal. Eventually one of the techs said "Well I only get paid when I fix problems. So I'm not just telling you that I can't hear anything to avoid doing the work because that's how I get paid. I can rip your whole dash apart if you really want and find nothing, but that'll probably leave you with a lot of other noises."

Now why would I want them to do the work at this point? I was in the waiting room for over 1 hour before this and I hard them tell at least two other people that they couldn't reproduce whatever problem they were having. Maybe that's the way this dealership's service department does business. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can get this problem resolved? Am I able to take the car to another Chevrolet dealership to be serviced under the manufacturer's bumper to bumper warranty? Is there anything else that I can do to ensure this problem is taken seriously and not just get another "everything sounds normal to me"?