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its literally 74-76 mph in the seat and arm rest, speed up to 80 smooth, drop down to 72 smooth, 70 smooth, 74-75-76 vibrates wierdest shit I ever seen

Have you noticed if its worst with a full tank of gas vs 1/2 tank. Mine vibrates between 76 and 82 with 81 to 82 the worst but with about a 1/2 tank of gas its very little vib and I carry about 300lbs all the time.

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Well folks, I did it. After all the failed attempts at the Chevy dealer I traded it in for a 2015 Ram 1500 Larame. I have to agree with the other folks on here that have done the same thing, it was th

mafd2
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Apparently you and the other customer reps don't care. If you or GM would care y'all would put more effort in the matter. Just coming on the forum and stating the same repetitive posts and being a 3

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Well I have some good news and bad news about my truck vibrations. Good news is that my truck has a significantly less vibration at speed. The bad news is my truck has significantly less vibration. Fo

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Have you noticed if its worst with a full tank of gas vs 1/2 tank. Mine vibrates between 76 and 82 with 81 to 82 the worst but with about a 1/2 tank of gas its very little vib and I carry about 300lbs all the time.

Mine did it exactly from 20 to 30 mph . Wouldn't do it before 20 or after 30 . Before I got rid of it I was starting to feel it on the freeway periodicaly " the harmonic sound and vibration"

It had about 6000 vibrating miles when I got rid of it .

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The local dealer is practically giving Silverados away today haha

Is the sign vibrating to make new owners feel at home ?

southern_sierra Enthusiast

southern_sierra

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Mine did it exactly from 20 to 30 mph . Wouldn't do it before 20 or after 30 . Before I got rid of it I was starting to feel it on the freeway periodicaly " the harmonic sound and vibration"

It had about 6000 vibrating miles when I got rid of it .

What did you replace your truck with.

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What did you replace your truck with.

2015 Ram Quad Cab 4x4 Hemi

Had it since July and loving it , so smooth and good power. I get between 16 and 19 mpg in town and around 21 to 24 highway .

 

 

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C6Bill Enthusiast

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He replaced his with a RAM, I went Tundra. But most of the members who have opted out have gone RAM. I had only one option as RAM and Ford are too tall for my garage.

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southern_sierra

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He replaced his with a RAM, I went Tundra. But most of the members who have opted out have gone RAM. I had only one option as RAM and Ford are too tall for my garage.

If I had to replace mine today would be a Tundra. Just a good proven truck only dislike is the fuel mileage.I came from a Tundra and had no problems at all just liked the looks of the Sierra and the 10k off the sticker. Toyota is behind on style and options but they stick with a design that works and want change the Tundra until 2019. If its not broke no need to change it.

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We need to get organized and maybe take a trip to Chevrolet and get media involved. Nothing will happen till it gets out there....

There are links on mine and Jesse D sig. lines ;)

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He replaced his with a RAM, I went Tundra. But most of the members who have opted out have gone RAM. I had only one option as RAM and Ford are too tall for my garage.

The Tundra is a great Truck and I think you made a great choice to . I've had almost every truck over the years and have learned they all have some skeletons in there closet . The objective I've also learned with wisdom is to try and pick the one with the least scariest ones and unfortunately GM has one in the closet the size of King Kong with 10"fangs and they can't tame the beast lol .

It's a shame because other then that lol it to this day is the sexiest truck on the market in my honest opinion "Looks Wise"

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If I had to replace mine today would be a Tundra. Just a good proven truck only dislike is the fuel mileage.I came from a Tundra and had no problems at all just liked the looks of the Sierra and the 10k off the sticker. Toyota is behind on style and options but they stick with a design that works and want change the Tundra until 2019. If its not broke no need to change it.

 

Agreed, I'd say they are 5 years behind in the electronics department but it is a stable platform. And I have been getting 16.4 MPG around town so I am happy with the fuel economy. It is in the same range as the 6.2 SIlverado I was driving.

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The Tundra is a great Truck and I think you made a great choice to . I've had almost every truck over the years and have learned they all have some skeletons in there closet . The objective I've also learned with wisdom is to try and pick the one with the least scariest ones and unfortunately GM has one in the closet the size of King Kong with 10"fangs and they can't tame the beast lol .

It's a shame because other then that lol it to this day is the sexiest truck on the market in my honest opinion "Looks Wise"

 

Trust me, if they could have gotten me one that drove like this Tundra I'd be all over it. I love all the little bells and whistles but the vibration was a deal breaker.

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Yeah I'm with you but with that being said I'm beyond happy with my Ram .

What a great truck it's so much fun and enjoyable to drive I look forward to driving it every chance I get . The complete opposite experience I had with my Silverado. Every time I drove it I seemed to have a form of road rage even if there was no one on the road lol because the truck made me so mad and GM .

 

 

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Does anyone have an idea of many owners have the abnormal vibration problem on this site/thread?

 

This thread is over 2 years old and has 453 pages/6700+ posts but many people have posted numerous times.

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Agreed, I'd say they are 5 years behind in the electronics department but it is a stable platform. And I have been getting 16.4 MPG around town so I am happy with the fuel economy. It is in the same range as the 6.2 SIlverado I was driving.

Not bad at all on the mileage.

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Does anyone have an idea of many owners have the abnormal vibration problem on this site/thread?

 

This thread is over 2 years old and has 453 pages/6700+ posts but many people have posted numerous times.

591 different members have posted. Top 20 account for 38% of the replies.

 

Shakes/vibrations definitely a bad problem for those that have them but no one really knows how wide spread keeping in mind that hundreds of thousands have been sold.

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