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  1. Silverado-Hareek
    haha I know I'm just giving you a hard time. After my experience with my 2014 I wish I still had my oil consuming 2007 to drive around! This hasn't been the new truck experience I wanted....
  2. Silverado-Hareek
    Correction: You went through one 2014 truck and then decided to do it two more times?!?
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    I would look close at what the dealer actually did and compare it to the BG induction service: http://www.bgfindashop.com/bgservices/fuelair.htm You can use BG's website to find shops local to you that are certified to do this work. We just did it to my wife's Hyundai Accent which has a DI engine and it worked great. From what I've read, this is the best thing on the market for cleaning DI engines and anything less is probably doing less of a job. You can also go to YouTube and look at videos of this service being performed.
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    Who did the induction service and was it the BG induction service?
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    Yeah I wish they would make AFM an option you can turn on and off. AFM is what killed my 2007 by causing the oil consumption issue. Unfortunately I traded it in before researching enough to find out guys were able to solve the consumption issue by turning the AFM off with a tuner. I wish I still had my 2007 to try that......
  6. Silverado-Hareek
    DO NOT SELL YOUR TRUCK! Holy crap do you have a gem. '07 and on is where GM really started to decline as far as producing a reliable vehicle goes. You have a truck from the "Golden Age" as I like to refer to it. Honestly, do not sell it. Hang on to that truck and see where GM is in 3-4 years and re-evaluate.
  7. Silverado-Hareek
    The seat adjustment settings have an effect. Mine was shifting bad before my oil change. Then apparently a Hobbit drove the truck because my seat was practically in the dashboard when I got it back. After adjusting it back to what I thought were my original settings, I haven't felt the seat shift at all and it's going on 2 weeks now.
  8. Silverado-Hareek
    Yes I have bench seats and the driver seat shifts. From what I understand it affects any driver's seat with the power adjustment option.
  9. Silverado-Hareek
    Awesome glad to hear it. I've mentioned it in other threads but you should look into the BG Induction service for DI engines. It's a three part cleaning process designed to clean your fuel system as well as the valves in the engine and is becoming standard maintenance for DI engines. It's recommended to do once every 15,000 miles.
  10. Silverado-Hareek
    I don't blame you at all man. Good luck with the F-150. If I were you I'd make sure to get the V8 and skip the Ecoboost. A coworker has a 2014 F150 with the V8 and it's a hell of a truck for sure.
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    You could also sell them on Craigslist
  12. Silverado-Hareek
    I'm waiting mainly because the vibration is not bad enough to deal with trying to fix it. I work a lot and can't afford to keep going to the dealer for them to trace an un-fixable problem and give me the run around. I've already decided I don't want this truck for the long term (I originally bought it with the intention of paying it off and driving it for a long time) so I'm just waiting for the right moment to unload it. Possibly for another brand. I'm REALLY excited about the Cummins Diesel Titan and Tundra. GM missed a huge opportunity by not coming out with a diesel engine for the Silverado. I may check out the Diesel Colorado/Canyon in a few years. Either way I'm definitely not buying another first year model run ever again. EVER!
  13. Silverado-Hareek
    Yeah you aren't the first person I've seen mention this and I'm starting to wonder if this might be the case. My truck drove great driving home today from work. Read a few posts back where I describe my on again off again vibration woes, especially throughout the day today. If this system is malfunctioning, it could explain why I sometimes have the vibration and I sometimes don't as I've already ruled out a ton of factors. Not that I'm a mechanic and I'm right about what I've ruled out, I'm just trying to think logically about the situation based on the symptoms and circumstances of my vibration. I also haven't heard of anyone getting the steering system replaced but plenty of other parts have been replaced on multiple trucks with no improvement. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    You've stated my sentiments exactly. So for now I'll live with this thing. Every time I see a Tacoma though, with metal skid plates, Bilstein Shocks stock, BF Goodrich tires stock, and a standard V6 engine with no over-engineering going on, I wonder what might have been......
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    I'm the same way I think these are simply the best looking trucks on the market. And after all the problems I had with my 2007 I was left jaded and looking at other brands but I just didn't like anything other than the Tacoma, but part of me didn't want to go to a smaller truck. So I thought take a chance on the 2014, get the extended warranty, and enjoy it because what are the chances of getting 2 back to back lemons? Apparently pretty damn good. And you're right the most alarming thing at this point is GM not stepping up to the plate to help us. I understand there will be problems and I'm always willing to give them a chance to fix it. But GM keeps demonstrating they don't care about anything other than lining their pockets. This "New GM" looks exactly like the "Old GM."
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    Oh and for the record, a friend of my dad has one of the first 2014's to ever hit a dealer's lot and he developed his vibration around the 17,000 mile mark. Prospective buyers, you have been warned.
  17. Silverado-Hareek
    Exactly stay the eff away from these trucks bro. Either buy another brand truck or wait another couple of years to see how this scenario plays out, but think wisely and put your wallet before your desire for big toys. Don't make the mistake I made.
  18. Silverado-Hareek
    That's a possibility. I've basically reached the point where I don't want to keep this truck past the warranty period, but the vibration isn't bad enough to start fighting with the dealer. If something breaks or it gets unbearable I'll pursue it but otherwise, I'm just going to cut my losses, save my money, and dump this thing. Hell I may just trade up in a few years after bugs have been worked out. I'm definitely not sinking any money into changing transmission or differential fluids and I'm no longer pulling out my drop in liner to put in a spray on liner. I MAY, and that's a HUGE MAY, change out the sh!tty Rancho shocks for Bilsteins when they become available and see if that helps with anything. Of course once the tires go bad they will need to be replaced so that may fix something....I dunno. Oh and I'm going back to 87 octane gas. Whatever benefit 89 was giving me is irrelevant at this point and I'll gladly save the $6 a fill-up. Congratulations GM, you've officially turned off this customer.
  19. Silverado-Hareek
    I thought that but the vibration does not change when traveling up a hill, down a hill, V8, V4, pressing the gas pedal or not pressing the gas pedal. It's really weird. All that leads me to believe it's not load based. Plus, again, being under load or not doesn't explain why the truck was great for almost 3 months this summer and now on the exact same roads it's vibrating again. EDIT: I feel the vibration in neutral.
  20. Silverado-Hareek
    Fair enough I hear what you're saying. But again that's not these reps' fault. They're doing the job they were hired to do. It's up to their employer, GM, to change the job description.
  21. Silverado-Hareek
    Had to drive about an hour away for work this morning for a meeting. Truck was vibrating for the first half hour or so and then seemed to settled down from that point until I reached my destination. On the way back, it vibrated for most of the hour ride back to my house. I made lunch at the house, then drove the 15 minutes from my house back to the office and the truck didn't' feel like it was vibrating much at all.....you could feel a little in the steering wheel but not enough to think there was a problem. So I'm f*****g clueless. I don't think it's the tires anymore. And if it's temperature related, it doesn't seem the transmission temperature is what matters. All I know is the truck felt smooth when I bought it in February, vibrated most of the spring until early June, then was vibration free until 2 weeks ago and it vibrates pretty much every time I drive it now. The weird thing is the intensity and rate of the vibration does not change with speed or RPM's. You start to feel it around 40 mph and it's fairly consistent all the way up to 80 mph. And it comes and goes. If I rev the engine in park, no vibration at all so that rules out the engine. I don't know. I'm really kicking myself for not buying that Tacoma. My plan was to drive a Tacoma until these K2 trucks started nearing their end of life for the model run and then trade up to one then. If I only I had a Delorian to go back in time...... Odometer just hit about 10,150 miles. I hate this truck. EDIT: The only thing I can think of at this point is expansion and contraction of the metal components in the drivetrain due to ambient temperatures. I took a course in college called "Mechanical behavior of materials" where we studied this. Too bad I don't remember much...........
  22. Silverado-Hareek
    My vibration seems to be getting worse. I'm noticing it more in the seats and console now. I have a 6 year/90,000 mile warranty and at 90,001 I will be unloading this junk.
  23. Silverado-Hareek
    You are the 2nd person to post here reporting a vibration showing up after 10+ thousand miles. That is very alarming. Especially for the folks pursuing a buy back/replacement truck.
  24. Silverado-Hareek
    Go easy on Kristen. These "reps" are merely minimum wage employees hired to monitor the forums to help GM maintain an image of customer service. Go to the facebook page of any company and its the same thing. I dealt with this on Verizon FiOS's facebook page. Go to enough facebook pages or forums and you'll start seeing the same pattern of responses from these "reps." That's why all of these customer care responses are nearly identical. It's scripted. They're here to take and pass your information along to a dealer local to you. Or you can just contact GM and a dealer yourself and accomplish the same thing. But using these reps usually will open a case in your name starting the documentation process you'll need if you want a buy back, lemon law, or whatever so they can be helpful. Bottom line is they're not here to provide you with any answers. They're like the receptionist at an office and your problem lies with their boss (GM).
  25. Silverado-Hareek
    Ok so I have about 150 miles now on the truck using 89 octane gas. Now I don't know if there's actually a difference or if I'm perceiving something that's not there because I want there to be a difference, but I feel like the engine has a smoother idle and overall sounds better at idle. As far as driving goes, the throttle feels slightly more responsive and the truck seems to enter V4 a little more often than before and holds it a little longer than before. Again, I'm not well versed in a vehicle's engineering at all and I could be perceiving something that isn't truly there, but this is what I feel with the truck after 150 miles. Take it for what it's worth....just my perspective and feeling. I think the best test is for you to just spend the extra $4 or $5 to fill up with 89 one time and see what you think on your truck. It won't harm anything and you can always switch back if you don't think there's a change. But I feel enough that it warrants suggesting to you to try it.
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