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- Birthday 10/08/1975
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Daniel
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South Mississippi
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Playing in the mud
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2011 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Z71
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Traction Control going nuts!!!
oilfieldpopo replied to oilfieldpopo's question in Ask the GM Technician
I was just wondering if anyone had heard of anything like this before. I understand yall can't diagnose the problem. -
Traction Control going nuts!!!
oilfieldpopo replied to oilfieldpopo's question in Ask the GM Technician
It's not tires/wheels. They are brand new. The dealership I bought the truck from specializes in lifted/custom trucks. they do lifts/tires/rims in house. They have sold several hundred trucks (gm, ford, chevy, dodge, etc) that they have in house customized and have said the only other truck they have seen with this issue before was a ford. they calibrated that particular truck to compensate for the tires/wheels and the problem stopped. Mine hasn't. I haven't had any issue while making any turns at intersections. Only going around sharp curves in the road. My speed has varied from 15 to 25mph when the problem has happened. Truck stays in 2wd mode and not auto. I have pushed the traction control button on the dash to "disable" it to see if the problem would stop. With traction control turned off the truck will still have the problem while going around curves. If I go around 5 sharp curves, the truck will show the problem 3 times. Pretty annoying. I'm thinking the problem is linked somehow to the suspension lift and wouldn't necessarily involve the previous owner. Also, the truck is a 2011 model with only 15,000 miles. This dealership is by no means a fly by night operation and I am not bashing them at all. They sell tons of top quality products every year and do an amazing job at the customization they do on their trucks. I am just wondering if this one is a lemon. -
I purchased a 2011 Silverado 1500 Z71 last month. It has a Rough Country 6" lift with 35" tires and 20" rims. While going around curves, the traction control will start flashing and it feels like I lose power briefly. After traction control lights finish flashing and I get out of the curve, everything goes back to normal. The dealership I purchased the truck from has been trying to figure this problem out. They ordered a Hypertech calibration programmer and programmed the truck to compensate for the lift and tires. They said it would fix the problem. It hasn't. Now they are doing more research to try to figure it out. I'm about to the point of giving this truck back to them and getting another one. Does anyone have any suggestions to fix this problem? Thanks in advance
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So i raced a tundra today...
oilfieldpopo replied to Edgecrusher09's topic in Racing, Strip, & Track
Figured I would put my quick 2 cents into this topic. I actually traded a 2012 TSS Tundra 2 weeks ago for my Chevrolet. I guess the main reason was I wanted to get back into a 4x4 and the amount of money it was going to cost me to lift the tundra. The Chevy is already lifted. My Z71 will in NO way compete with the tundra I had. The tundra was stupid fast and all that was done was drop in K&N and dual exhaust. You turn the nannies off in that thing and hold on. I am about to spend quite a bit of money to get my 1500 up to that standard. Don't get me wrong, I don't regret my decision one bit and I love my new truck, but it will not compete with the Tundra as far as speed. Here is the pic of my old truck... -
'14 Ranger 800 with SATV Wicked 6 lift, Kore 20 16" rims, 30" Moto MTC tires, bumpers, winch, roof, etc. She might not be the fastest, but she will go thru anything
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