Shake or Vibration Issues

[jmckeone]

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.

What happened with the Ford that almost killed you?

[Homer650]

So after they put the clamps on my drive shaft it actually cleared up a lot of the vibration. It's now out of the seats but I feel it in the steering wheel and floorboard. So they ordered me a new drive shaft and it is in. I take my truck in (#6 visit) on Monday so they can change out the drive shaft. I know some of you have had this done and it worked and others have and it didn't do anything. I'll let all of you know what is does for me after Monday....

Edited January 15, 2016 by Homer650

[jeffziss]

 

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 hit 5,000 miles on my '16 Tundra, in less than a month. After 5,000 vibration free miles, I decided to install one of the sets of tires I purchased in an attempt to fix my '15 and '16 Silverados. Imagine this, Tundra is now at just under 6,000 miles and it is still vibration free and I'm running 275/55/20 BFG All Terrain K/Os.

 

I will admit that the technology in the Silverado was hands down ahead of the Tundra. I loved the heated steering wheel, the touch screen and the lane departure correction but I couldn't deal with not being able to drive the truck on the highway. Onstar is missed the most, but I won't buy their Onstar FMV as it still supports them. I did drive the F150 (ecoboost and 5.0). It was hard to say no, as I own three Mustangs and consider myself a Ford guy. I only have owned one dodge in my lifetime and didn't care for the look of them, so I didn't bother driving them.

 

I can happily say I no longer look at it as losing $10k+ on a Silverado but I have accepted that I just overpaid for a Tundra.

 

On another note, my revenge will never have any significant impact on GM but my little website has had a few thousand views, most of which are coming from a Corvette forum and then GM Insider. I can also say that I have 27 confirmed people stating they didn't buy a Silverado because of this forum or others that I have posted on. One small dent for GM but one small victory for the little guy

 

Have a great weekend all!

[frenchsquared]

18,000 Miles on my 2015 Regular Cab Z71. Vibration since day 1.

Vibration at 70 to 75 is enough to say it is unsafe. I am not running factory wheels or tires.

I have the vibration on two completely different sets of wheels and tires.

 

In a couple days it is going to the dealership for the first round of pointless attempts. They are going to do a road force balance. I called 6 dealerships. 4 said they have never heard of this issue, 2 admitted it, and 1 actually said there is no solution. They have had almost every truck sold come back. They have tried everything and not a single truck has had the vibration completely removed. I think Iwill ask them to replace the shocks to see if that helps.

 

I wish I had kept my 2010.

 

I have no other issues with my truck.

 

I want to put a 6" lift on it and 35" tires, but there is no way to safely do that till this is fixed.

 

I have no throttle issues. Turn of traction control and I can spin the 33's.

Edited January 16, 2016 by frenchsquared

[oneandzero]

I got my truck back today with the 2nd new rear end. The problem created by the 1st new rear end is gone (which basically was the truck vibrated over 65kph). The dealer said no vibration now other than the one you get when in V4 mode and they said they all have that which makes it normal.

So I took it on a freeway test drive and now it's back to where it was before they put the first rear end in. It vibrates at about 125kph. I informed the dealer an they say its due to the Firestone snow tires which don't meet the GM spec. I will upgrade to the suggested Michelins if the dealer will guarantee no vibration so lets see how that goes.

Edited January 16, 2016 by oneandzero

[frenchsquared]

Are the crew + 6.5 standard box having issues too?

 

My 2015 regular cab has the issue.

[frenchsquared]

Has anyone put a 6" lift on a truck with the shake?

Did it get worse?

Did it go away?

No effect?

[kp52]

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.

If you look under a new Ram you will see large rubber isolated iron weights under the cab. They didnt put them there for looks, they are to soak up vibrations at a certain frequency. Some cars have weights on the rear axle housing and near the pinion as well for the same reason.

 

I'm lucky I guess, I had some minor vibration that started after 7000 miles at 75-80mph but after a tire rotation its gone again.

[paxtonman]

I was driving my 2nd truck with the GM engineer and his pico machine. He didn't tell me the numbers but said it had 2 vibrations, one in the rear end and one in the tires. Tires are replacement Bridgestones I bought for the first vibrator. He told the mechanic who went with us that they needed to get a Hunter 9700 tire machine. My town is 4500 people, the tire machine he told us was $20,000.

[pm26]

I also had a '13 fecalboost Ford for a few months.

Does this mean it greatly increased the probability of the driver crapping his pants under all driving conditions?

 

Honestly, Ford "Ecoboost" engines are nothing but a marketing scheme. Replacing engine displacement with a turbocharger fails to deliver promised fuel economy. i have read quite a few complaints about lousy mileage figures these engines delivers. I verified this myself. I had a Ford Escape ecoboost rental and it delivered neither power nor fuel economy. A small V6 would have been far better engine in that vehicle. And recommending regular octane gas in a turbo engine is nonsense. You will get neither power nor fuel economy that way.

Edited January 16, 2016 by pm26

[badphil7]

i have a 2500hd with slight vibration from under cab! started around 4000 miles, only on slight hill with light throttle. do you have a limited slip rear end?

Edited January 16, 2016 by badphil7

[1MOGAN]

Most of the guys here seem like true enthusiast. I know I am. I actually like the Toyota better. The 5.7 is a beast compared to the 5.3.....thanks to the 4.30 rear end. I get about 15.5 mpg.....who cares with no headaches and countless visits to the dealership. Plus if I choose......Toyota has the hands down best resale.

Only thing I miss about my Silverado is the 110 plug in. I also miss the onstar. I have everything else in my Toyota Tundra Limited that I had in other Truck. The seats are sturdier as well imo. I had the seat track problem In my Silverado as well.....check out that forum. Perhaps it's caused by the vibration. Lol. Just a joke. Just too many issues. I'd still try Chevy again in 10 years or so when Im tired of my current Truck. I'm fairly certain it will be from boredom and not mechanical issues. The truck is just proven.

Good luck to all.

Edited January 16, 2016 by 1MOGAN

[tonygxp]

well, i drove up to the poconos last night. 140 miles. the vibration comes and goes, its very slight but enough for you to know something is not right. its disheartening to say the least that such a nice truck would be so disappointing to take on a trip but its a lease. i pay 378 a month for it no money out of pocket. this is after the right front tire was rf balanced due to it supposedly being the cause. like others, it changed the frequency of the vibration but didn't quell it.

 

neither my wife nor i travel on hwy for long enough periods of time to fight with gm over a "rented" truck. its most certainly in the rear. pinion or ring? maybe an axle or its the whole housing not in spec. convinced of it. its through the seas and floor. if it gets to the point that i cannot deal with it? then i will go back.

 

 

 

i was in an enterprise 2015 f150 cc 5.0 18" wheels yesterday same stretch of hwy at 75 to 85mph that my truck rides like a nervous teenage boy walking into his first school dance and it was smooth as glass. the water bottle in the cupholder was perfectly still with just about no oscillating water dancing inside, only over rough pavement.

 

i hope gm fixes them when this one goes back in 2018 because i do love everything else about it.

Edited January 16, 2016 by TonyAllTerrain

[kp52]

Does this mean it greatly increased the probability of the driver crapping his pants under all driving conditions?

 

Honestly, Ford "Ecoboost" engines are nothing but a marketing scheme. Replacing engine displacement with a turbocharger fails to deliver promised fuel economy. i have read quite a few complaints about lousy mileage figures these engines delivers. I verified this myself. I had a Ford Escape ecoboost rental and it delivered neither power nor fuel economy. A small V6 would have been far better engine in that vehicle. And recommending regular octane gas in a turbo engine is nonsense. You will get neither power nor fuel economy that way.

 

Na, it just means it was a piece of crap lol. Friggin truck almost killed me twice in the rain when the engine just quit and went into limp mode getting on the highway and making a left turn. Killed the catalytic converters both times as well. Was a common complaint back in '13, they blamed it on moisture in the intercooler. IMO it was spark blowout under high load/boost.

 

But even if it didnt do that, it had all the power of a V6 with the gas mileage of a V8. Unless you drove it like a 90 year old lady it got worse mileage than the Hemi Ram it replaced. It would do OK towing though, very diesel like. And if you look at the 1/4 mile and 0-60 they are supposedly pretty quick but mine was an absolute dog on any octane. I was able to get the dealer to buy it back less the miles I drove - I was never so happy to get rid of any car or truck I ever owned.

 

Mike Rowe got me lol, I went for the gas mileage and it did not deliver at all. I'm sure they straightened it out by now hopefully, but I still wont even look at an ecoboost anything - a NA V8 is just fine for me in a pickup.

[rshad]

well, i drove up to the poconos last night. 140 miles. the vibration comes and goes, its very slight but enough for you to know something is not right. its disheartening to say the least that such a nice truck would be so disappointing to take on a trip but its a lease. i pay 378 a month for it no money out of pocket. this is after the right front tire was rf balanced due to it supposedly being the cause. like others, it changed the frequency of the vibration but didn't quell it.

 

neither my wife nor i travel on hwy for long enough periods of time to fight with gm over a "rented" truck. its most certainly in the rear. pinion or ring? maybe an axle or its the whole housing not in spec. convinced of it. its through the seas and floor. if it gets to the point that i cannot deal with it? then i will go back.

 

 

 

i was in an enterprise 2015 f150 cc 5.0 18" wheels yesterday same stretch of hwy at 75 to 85mph that my truck rides like a nervous teenage boy walking into his first school dance and it was smooth as glass. the water bottle in the cupholder was perfectly still with just about no oscillating water dancing inside, only over rough pavement.

 

i hope gm fixes them when this one goes back in 2018 because i do love everything else about it.

 

I am in the same boat, even the same truck but mine is a 2015 All Terrain with a lease. But I do have to brag that I did get it for $285 month and that is why I can't get rid of the GM brand because I can't get near that price in anything else. Got my truck with 11 miles on it and started getting the vibration at 64 to 75mph after like 600 miles and now it is even starting at 45 to 50mph. Love the truck except for the vibration.

Edited January 17, 2016 by rshad