DaDude

I agree, this is starting to look like a bunch of youtube comments......

Maybe you can do a short term lease, lease to own, or some sort or prolonged rental process just to make sure you aren't getting a Shakerado.

Hey everybody, ********************* I've recently resolved my shaking/ vibrating issue and would like to share my story to help out: I have read through most of these pages before going to have my own new 2014 Silverado 1500 LT worked on due to significant shaking/ vibration at ~ 65-80+ mph. I first took it to the dealer and told them what was going on, came back a few days later to pick up. I asked if they fixed it, and they hesitated and said "I don't know, you tell me. It's a lot better." .... not what you want to hear. They say they did a Road Force Balance and found all 4 tires were out of spec. They claim to have put them back into or very close to spec. Anyways, I get out on the road and it's quickly apparent that the shake is MUCH worse. It was now shaking up and down and side to side. While driving down the highway at 70-75, one of the weights comes off the wheel and strikes the inner fender, which believe it or not actually made it ride better. Needless to say, I am very upset. So upset that I'm physically sick. Feel that I have made a huge mistake by getting this vehicle and am now trapped with the payments. Next I do a quick google search and drive to an independent family owned tire shop and tell them about it. They ask what tires are on it and are not at all surprised by the issue. Goodyear Wrangler's are circular pieces of garbage. I get there and meet with them. They disclaim they don't really know what the problem is and don't want to sell us new tires only to have the same problem. So we decide to pull the wheels/ tires off and put it on the balancing machine. The owner invited me to stand with the technician and talk to him as he checked the balance. (not road force balancing, just normal balancing on a Hammerhead Technologies machine) The front left tire goes on the machine with current balancing weights still attached from the dealership. Guess what.... its 3oz off on the outside half of rim and 0.5-0.75oz off on the inside of the rim!!!!!! A total of 3.5oz off. They say the average person can detect 0.5oz and greater, so this thing was WAYYYYY off. Not only that, but they had put weights all around the inside of the rim to counterbalance some of the other weights that are in the wrong spot. Tire guys say the weights are all supposed to be grouped together, otherwise you are just chasing bad weights and furthering the problem. All the tires were balanced poorly. While watching the tires spin on the machine, I could see, on every one of them, that they were not round. I'd say they had about a 1/4" to 3/8" or so of up and down difference/ bounce while spinning ( after fully balanced by tire professional). Technician and owner say that if it was a Michelin that was that much out of round, they would send it back for a new one because they are much better tires. Fast forward balancing is done and I'm driving on same goodyear wrangler. Immediately better and very smooth at 65 and below speeds. Now has very very slight vibration, not a shake, at 75 mph and is quite smooth below that. Turns out it's the friggin' tires after all!!! The remaining vibration is due to the fact that THEY AREN"T EVEN ROUND!!!!! A guy on here called Stex said it over and over again that you need to go somewhere else other than the dealership to get this done. He was completely right (even though he doesn't even have a Silverado lol) I wen't back and confronted the dealership about this. Apparently the guy at the my chevy dealership doing the balancing was just hired on, was a troubled teen, and was apparently using a poorly calibrated machine with no training.... Don't think the dealership is a place to have competent work done, that's for sure. Now I have driven over 1900 miles on them and they have smoothed out a tiny bit more, but a small vibration is still present at 70-80 mph. It is very slight and almost not noticeable anymore. I expect it will disappear when I get new tires (Michelins hopefully). On smooth roads the truck is smooth, on rough roads the truck is rough. The thing is stiff so don't expect a glassy ride all the time. I hope this helps.