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I bought a Tundra after 3 sets of tires going to my 4th set on my 14 Silverado. I love it...... Especially since gas is less than 2 bucks. But even if it wasn't I'm loving not having issues or recalls with my truck. Had a Ram before I bought my Silverado and Transmission went out after 3000 miles. I dared not give Ford a chance. I'm happy for those owners with no issues....just not my experience. Good luck!

What year RAM did you have? Im off to test drive some trucks tomorrow and will be driving a 2016 RAM. I love the Tundra but they dont have a crew cab with a standard bed available which could be a deal breaker.

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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

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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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Binobanbino Enthusiast

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My 14 will shake itself apart soon. Its amazing how no one will tell you that these truck are garbage when it comes to ride quality. I know it all about making billions for GM. Who care is some customers complain.

 

Time for the BBB.

jmckeone Enthusiast

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My 14 will shake itself apart soon. Its amazing how no one will tell you that these truck are garbage when it comes to ride quality. I know it all about making billions for GM. Who care is some customers complain.

 

Time for the BBB.

Dont waste your time with the BBB, hire a lawyer. Myself and a few others were recently denied a replacement/repurchase from the BBB. I think they are in bed with GM and being paid off to deny the customer.

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What year RAM did you have? Im off to test drive some trucks tomorrow and will be driving a 2016 RAM. I love the Tundra but they dont have a crew cab with a standard bed available which could be a deal breaker.

I buy a new truck every year or two after about 25K miles. I got annoyed with a duramax fiasco in '08 and swore off GM trucks. I've had an '10, '12, '14 Laramie CC 4x4 Ram and I never had any issues with them except a leaking third brake light (common, easy fix) and the '12 had a mild low speed vibration in 4wd (common, CV angle). They ride great, nice seats and can easily buy a 50K msrp Laramie for 10 grand off. Downside was the fuel mileage, sucks, especially with the 3.92 'towing' gear. The 6 speed (5 really) and 8 speed transmissions work great - unlike the A6/5.3 mess in the '15 Silverado.

 

I also had a '13 fecalboost Ford for a few months, was able to gte a dealer to buy it back after it almost killed me and my family on a damp rainy day. Be a while before I try another Ford.

 

Nothing is perfect, only reason I tried the Silverado was the recent discounts and it was 'new' in 2014, got a little bored with the Rams where except for the transmission and radio nothing really changed. I wont be buying another, if I was to trade today it would be on another Ram. If you tow watch the max payload on the rams, it gets pretty low on high option trucks and they dont have a HD tow option.

 

FWIW I recently rotated the tires on my '15 Silverado and the 75-80mph vibration that appeared at 7000 miles in now gone. I'm sure it will return but at its worse it wasnt enough for me to get rid of the truck - I've had worse.

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I buy a new truck every year or two after about 25K miles. I got annoyed with a duramax fiasco in '08 and swore off GM trucks. I've had an '10, '12, '14 Laramie CC 4x4 Ram and I never had any issues with them except a leaking third brake light (common, easy fix) and the '12 had a mild low speed vibration in 4wd (common, CV angle). They ride great, nice seats and can easily buy a 50K msrp Laramie for 10 grand off. Downside was the fuel mileage, sucks, especially with the 3.92 'towing' gear. The 6 speed (5 really) and 8 speed transmissions work great - unlike the A6/5.3 mess in the '15 Silverado.

 

I also had a '13 fecalboost Ford for a few months, was able to gte a dealer to buy it back after it almost killed me and my family on a damp rainy day. Be a while before I try another Ford.

 

Nothing is perfect, only reason I tried the Silverado was the recent discounts and it was 'new' in 2014, got a little bored with the Rams where except for the transmission and radio nothing really changed. I wont be buying another, if I was to trade today it would be on another Ram. If you tow watch the max payload on the rams, it gets pretty low on high option trucks and they dont have a HD tow option.

 

FWIW I recently rotated the tires on my '15 Silverado and the 75-80mph vibration that appeared at 7000 miles in now gone. I'm sure it will return but at its worse it wasnt enough for me to get rid of the truck - I've had worse.

Thanks for the advice. Just drove a '16 F150 3.5 ECO and it didnt vibrate at 75mph like my silverado lol. It was a really nice truck just a bit expensive. They offered me $27k for my '14 silverado. Heading to the RAM dealer now, ill let you know what I think. I hope to be out of this silverado by the end of the weekend.

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Thanks for the advice. Just drove a '16 F150 3.5 ECO and it didnt vibrate at 75mph like my silverado lol. It was a really nice truck just a bit expensive. They offered me $27k for my '14 silverado. Heading to the RAM dealer now, ill let you know what I think. I hope to be out of this silverado by the end of the weekend.

 

Keep us posted, here in the next few weeks I will be truck shopping as well and curious to see what truck you like the most. Are you planning on driving a Tundra?

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Keep us posted, here in the next few weeks I will be truck shopping as well and curious to see what truck you like the most. Are you planning on driving a Tundra?

I decided to skip the Tundra because they dont offer a crew cab with a 6-1/2' bed.....the crew cab is only available with a 5-1/2' bed and I really need the extra bed space. Ill let you know how I make out.

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I bought the Tunrda hotrodz, I love it. Kicking myself for waiting so long to do it. Only one thing I really wish I could change is the MultiInfo display, it is just short of useless, no spedo in it. I thought the single USB port would be an issue but the Bluetooth streaming works great. And I just put a usb adapter in the center console so i can charge two devices if needed. But the truck drives great, i'm getting 16 MPG around town.

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I'm begging to think this may be related to the brake rotors not being seated 100% properly and making the wheel be off enough to cause a vibration. My dealer got rid of my vibration on stock wheels, had 22" replicas put on and the vibration is back EXACTLY the same as it was before the dealer corrected it. Could it be the brake disc faces are not being machined/cast 100% flat?

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TJay74 Senior Enthusiast

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This is the exact testing protocol document I mentioned earlier, as long as the dealer will follow it they can figure out the cause of the vibration. Personally I think a lot of this is being caused from how stiff the new trucks are, manufactures are always striving to take the flex out of the frames and make the trucks as stiff as possible before the suspension comes into play. While this is good, it is bad for harmonics as minor harmonics that used to be absorbed by the chassis are now making it thru and being felt by the people in the vehicle.

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