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Been lurking around here. Finally joined. Last week dealership services fixed the vibration issue by doing the motor mount shims. The 2016 CC LT they loaned me shook too. They also performed force balance. No more constant vibrating while the truck idles in "Drive" or while driving. Unfortunately the V4 shake is still felt. Cab shakes for no reason on every surface. Hard to believe this is still an issue. Going back in the morning. Telling them to keep it until the truck doesn't need to come back for anything other than oil changes. I have a 15 2WD DBL LT 5.3.

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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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Jesse Davidson Enthusiast

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So I was going to my brothers college graduation this morning and had a little time to kill, so I stopped at a Toyota Dealer before they opened just to take a quick look at the Tundras'. Something I noticed was they have stickers on the rear windows showing parts origin and final assembly location of the overall truck and the drive train components. 65% of the parts are made in the US & Canada, 20% are from Japan, and the last 15% are who the h*ll knows (atleast for the one I looked at). in addition, final assembly for both the truck and drive train are the US. Then it hit me, these percentages are higher than my Silverado (at 45% US & Canada parts), and Final assembly of mine was Mexico.... Tundras are now more American Made than GM and even tie Ford F-150, when the h*ll did this happen?

 

here is a percentage list from 2012

http://news.pickuptrucks.com/2012/03/what-percentage-of-your-truck-is-made-in-america.html

 

here is a percentage list from 2015

http://www.edmunds.com/car-reviews/top-10/top-10-most-american-trucks-for-2015.html

 

So a company that used to pride itself on not only quality, but being "The American Truck" is now in all actuality, the least American. Just a little bit of an eye opener imho.

Jesse Davidson Enthusiast

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Well, I just got a call from "General Motors Business Legal Department" They are calling my dealer inform them of the final repair attempt, and to "get me in right away" because it's time sensitive. They are going to overnight a letter confirming the receipt of the letter and that they will be performing the final repair attempt. They will decide where to go based upon the results of the final repair attempt. I made it clear that I will consider any trace of vibration or lingering radio issue will be a failed attempt. Here we go..

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Been this case for a long time. Nissan is the same way.

But as far as I know, Nissan has never really prided itself on being American, Unlike GM which is now the least American Full Size puckup

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GM has not been assembling some of their trucks outside of the US for decades now. Both my 1992 and my 2002 were assembled in Canada. Ford is no different. The Rangers were made in mexico for years along with a huge chunk of their cars, hell they even put in Chinese made manual transmissions in the newer Mustangs! Dodge is owned by the Italians and the Germans before that. If you are basing on buying a truck that is as "American" as it can be then you need to trade your chevy in on a Ford and if not then a toyota. Both are great trucks. You can also get a dbl cab GM truck which is made here in the states but I doubt that is going to happen! On a side note, this vibration thread is what got me to join this forum 1.5 years ago. My vibrations were greatly improved by sticking a ton of weights on the rims. Took a 2 hour ride up the interstate and then back Saturday and the truck was very smooth, best it has ever been. Drove 74 mph the whole time as well.

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Update, today I took it in for an oil change and to have them look at the vibration and suggested they check the u-joint torque. The service manager and I drove around for half-an-hour and he said and I quote.. "Uhh.. you have an issue with the rear-end, sounds like the Ring and Pinion by the whine.. we had had quite a few issues as of late and if the ring is bad it will cause this vibration you have so we are gonna rebuild the rear-end, good thing you have a loaner.. and btw.. we are gonna re-check the tires too and shocks and struts as well"

 

Sounds like they are at least taking it all seriously.

 

Will update when I learn more.

Jesse Davidson Enthusiast

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GM has not been assembling some of their trucks outside of the US for decades now. Both my 1992 and my 2002 were assembled in Canada. Ford is no different. The Rangers were made in mexico for years along with a huge chunk of their cars, hell they even put in Chinese made manual transmissions in the newer Mustangs! Dodge is owned by the Italians and the Germans before that. If you are basing on buying a truck that is as "American" as it can be then you need to trade your chevy in on a Ford and if not then a toyota. Both are great trucks. You can also get a dbl cab GM truck which is made here in the states but I doubt that is going to happen! On a side note, this vibration thread is what got me to join this forum 1.5 years ago. My vibrations were greatly improved by sticking a ton of weights on the rims. Took a 2 hour ride up the interstate and then back Saturday and the truck was very smooth, best it has ever been. Drove 74 mph the whole time as well.

Being that I have far more than just the vibration issue, and knowing that a properly built/ designed truck with properly balanced wheels should require very little weight, I do not feel the need to allow them to do this. I also would never base purchasing a product solely on where its made. I believe in buying the best quality I can for the money, regardless of where it is made. I am not brand loyal either, I feel that if a company is loyal to its customers, then I will stick with it if its the right decision. however if its not then I wont. Why give a company who doesn't appreciate its consumers your hard earned money. I'll take a higher priced product from a company who will back it over a cheaper non backing company any day of the week.

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Update, today I took it in for an oil change and to have them look at the vibration and suggested they check the u-joint torque. The service manager and I drove around for half-an-hour and he said and I quote.. "Uhh.. you have an issue with the rear-end, sounds like the Ring and Pinion by the whine.. we had had quite a few issues as of late and if the ring is bad it will cause this vibration you have so we are gonna rebuild the rear-end, good thing you have a loaner.. and btw.. we are gonna re-check the tires too and shocks and struts as well"

 

Sounds like they are at least taking it all seriously.

 

Will update when I learn more.

And the merry-go-round of joy begins! lol

Jesse Davidson Enthusiast

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Are you trying to be negative or did I just take it that way?

it was sarcasm. it sucks dealing with GM on these issues. I filed Lemon Law on mine last week and am setting up my final repair attempt today

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Being that I have far more than just the vibration issue, and knowing that a properly built/ designed truck with properly balanced wheels should require very little weight, I do not feel the need to allow them to do this. I also would never base purchasing a product solely on where its made. I believe in buying the best quality I can for the money, regardless of where it is made. I am not brand loyal either, I feel that if a company is loyal to its customers, then I will stick with it if its the right decision. however if its not then I wont. Why give a company who doesn't appreciate its consumers your hard earned money. I'll take a higher priced product from a company who will back it over a cheaper non backing company any day of the week.

You can properly balance a tire all you want but if it is a crappy tire it will always be a crappy tire and will require more weight to get it to balance. The flaw with the truck is that it is too sensitive to any thing that may cause a vibration which is every moving part on the vehicle. It is what it is and good luck on your buy back.

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it was sarcasm. it sucks dealing with GM on these issues. I filed Lemon Law on mine last week and am setting up my final repair attempt today

Given most of the posts on this enormous thread, and the number of times these fixes have been tried and failed, I took your comment as not being negative, but as being realistic. Also, regarding percentage of parts from other Countries. It was always assumed that build quality was best in the U.S. or Japan. I don't believe that to be the case anymore. I look at it on a vehicle by vehicle basis. I would never think parts from China were any good. I think they scam by providing sample parts that meet specs then produce crap production parts. Ford discovered this with their manual trans on the Mustang. After being in the Ram world for a while, I found out that, as much as it pains me to say, the Mexico builds are better quality then the U.S. builds. Mine is a Mexico build and I've had none of the fit, finish and assembly problems many U.S. Build owner's have found. So I guess the bottom line in today's global world is that research is your friend. Which is where Forums like this come in handy.

Rock1500 Senior Enthusiast

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Given most of the posts on this enormous thread, and the number of times these fixes have been tried and failed, I took your comment as not being negative, but as being realistic. Also, regarding percentage of parts from other Countries. It was always assumed that build quality was best in the U.S. or Japan. I don't believe that to be the case anymore. I look at it on a vehicle by vehicle basis. I would never think parts from China were any good. I think they scam by providing sample parts that meet specs then produce crap production parts. Ford discovered this with their manual trans on the Mustang. After being in the Ram world for a while, I found out that, as much as it pains me to say, the Mexico builds are better quality then the U.S. builds. Mine is a Mexico build and I've had none of the fit, finish and assembly problems many U.S. Build owner's have found. So I guess the bottom line in today's global world is that research is your friend. Which is where Forums like this come in handy.

But that is builds not generally the parts that go into them. Mexico builds the crew cab while an American plant builds the single and quad cabs. But I am pretty sure the issue with vibration is across all 3 styles.

 

I've been lucky that my 2014 truck has none of those issues. Only issue is the rust on the frame that they need to warranty. It's the reason why I don't upgrade to a newer model to get the 6.2 engine. I've been lucky with this truck and i love it for it.

 

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