Welcome to the forum. I did a search on gmpartsdirect.com and found the latch you are looking for, but you have to put in your info for a price. Hope this helps. I can't imagine that it should be any more than a few dollars. It is under the seats section.

 

http://www.gmpartsdirect.com/catalog/frameset.cfm

Latch - Split bench seat Center seat-w/az3 - Split bench seat Center seat-w/az3

Try this it takes you to the web page then you just add your info

 

Thanks to both of you for the responses. After a couple of days of communication, this was the final word:

"The latch is not sold seperately. It is only sold with the lid."

Guess I'm red-neckin' it unless I can find someone who sells the part. I still have a hard time believing you can't order that part

 

we should have a sticky topic of websites all gm owners should have in their favorites.

 

Check with a local junk yard. They all should be the same from 07 til 09

 

@ RickinSA I have a 2009 GMC Sierra with a broken latch. How did you finaly fix it?

Thanks
Andre

 

little bump, I'm in the same situation with an 01 sierra

 

Really tired of this & seems that many are having the same problem. Had similar problem on my 01, my 04 and now my 09 with the 40/20/40. Can't find any aftermarket latches and not really interested in spending 200 beans on a complete lid.

I have a proto-typing company down the street looking at it right now to see if they can make me a stack of them for a reasonable price. Was also thinking of having my buddy (machinist) design a new spring loaded one instead if it doesn't work out.

Will sell the extras if I can get it done reasonably.

 

Yes let me know, might be interested.

Andre

 

Me too. It seems I have one part of the handle, but I can't find pics online that shows the assembly, kinda hard to see what I'm missing

 

I just broke mine as well. Plz let me know what you find out or if you have those prototyped ones. Thanks so much

 

Hey voodoo,
Any luck with the prototyping company for the console latch? I'd love to get it on one if you have any.

 

I looked into having these latches made it sucks you can not buy them from the dealer. If the cost of getting a mold made was not $5000 I would have done it. It is a big problem and spending over $100 on a lid just for the latch is a waste.

 

I did repair a broken latch for my freinds GMC center console. I will take some pictures and see if I can post here.

 

I got in my truck his morning opened my console and upon closing it my latch broke aswell any new updates on how to replace

 

this is a picture of bracket that was super glued back together and then this bracket mounts to plastic to keep it together.
should be less likely to break again with support

 

I broke my latch as well and was not thrilled when the dealer told me I'll just have to spend $150.00 for the new console cover. I borrowed "allmopar"s idea and made my own reinforcement bracket out of .060 aluminum. You can find it at most Hobby shops and hardware stores. I roughed the bracket and then JB welded all the parts together. Make sure you scuff up all the surfaces so you get a good bond. I then added the 2 4-40 hex screws for reinforcement. It works great!
I hope this helps!

 

mone are out of .035 stainless steel. I hope the aluminum has the spring back to latch, good luck and hope yours works well

 

Also check on eBay got mine there, lid and latch though costed around 100 bucks.

 

Ended up buying mine from gmpartsdirect.com. 100$ for the whole lid. Not ideal but went on pretty easy and worth having my jumpseat back if you ask me

 

To all of ya'll out there who have broken latch for upper jump set lid. I just pm Matt at gm customer service with write up to see if there is any way to get the latch sold seperately. I'll let ya'll know if this goes anywhere. I recently purchased my lid latch combo replacement, I mentioned that it seemed greedy for gm not to offer simple cheap plastic latch, instead of the cost of the whole combo. This is probably a waste of time but worth trying.

 

Does anyone think that it would be a good idea to be proactive and just add the aluminum to it now before it breaks, or should I just wait until it does?

 

Its worth trying because if you use it much its going to break, mine lasted only about 3 years, be careful when you modify it, not to break it while adding the metal.
And the answer to my PM to GM customer service was:the part is not available, you have to buy the lid and the latch combo! Greedy! Greedy! Greedy!

 

Dang!!! I was hoping I could get just a latch. Just bought a new truck and it has a broken latch

 

Same issue here......latch is fubared.....

Might have to do a redneck fix and get out some Velcro! LOL