Shake or Vibration Issues

MThompsonjr115 · September 27, 2014

I'll join this club...

My '14 GMC Sierra SLT AT CCRB 4x4 5.3 with nearly 24k miles vibrates. I bought it at 17k miles, certified pre-owned and never noticed any bad vibrations until my trip to Pittsburgh with my family.

With 3 adults in the truck the vibration at 75mph was horrible! Adding a 4th person made the vibration smooth out a touch. Needless to say I did not cruise at 75mph out there and back.

In the last 2 weeks it's developed a vibration/binding/moaning noise from the transmission to rear-end area under med-hard acceleration, while rolling or a stand still. The same day I noticed this, it sounded like something in rear-end was grinding while backing up out of a driveway.

Dealer can't get me in till the 13th of October... I guess I'll get the run around then.

EDIT: The MPG have fallen about 1-2MPG on average since that trip. I usually average around 17.5-18MPG to work and back all week, now I fight to get 16-16.5MPG. Maybe it's related to the issue? Idk.

Edited September 27, 2014 by MThompsonjr115

Kent2500 · September 27, 2014

General reference information from http://www.discounttire.com/dtcs/infoTireBalancing.dos

{Snip from above}

Other Sources of Vibration

Very often the wheel/tire assemblies on a vehicle may be in balance but you can still feel a vibration. Here are some of the other causes of vibration:

Bent wheel
Tire out of round (radial or lateral runout)
Wheel-to-axle mounting error
Inconsistent tire sidewall stiffness (force variation)
Brake component wear or failure
Drive train or engine component wear or failure
Suspension wear or failure
Wheel bearing wear or failure
Wheel alignment is out

Your tire dealer can isolate many of these problems for you, and there is no question that determining whether the tire/wheel assemblies are good and in balance is the first place to start. However, ultimately this may not be the source of your vibration problem.

Shaken-truck-Syndrom · September 27, 2014

Hello all,

I am here to relate to all of the vibration issues that we are having with our trucks. Two weeks ago I bought a 2014 RCSB 5.3L Silverado. I bought the truck brand new with 8 miles on it. When I was driving home on the freeway I noticed the cab vibration when I approached 60 mph and we'll onto 75mph. Being that I was coming from a 2004 sierra with 100k miles that drove way smoother I knew this wasn't right.

I now have 650 miles on the truck and have been driving it to see if it would get better...it's not and it's getting worse. the cab shake is so bad and there is a faint drone noise that gives me a headache and oddly hurts my teeth when I travel at freeway speeds. I have a 5 mile freeway commute to work and am totally beat up when I get there.

Last week I went to the dealer and explained my issue. Service manager clearly was lying when he said "wow I have never heard of that problem" . This is a very high volume dealer also. I have an appt for next week to have the truck checked out. It very clear after reading all the complaints there is no fix for this as of yet and not really sure I want my truck torn into just to have the problem still be there or get worse by what some of you have wrote.

On a side note I have done a little troubleshooting by swapping wheels with a buddy who has a 2011 silverado that drives perfect. He has aftermarket 22" wheels so that's what I put on. We'll yep problem with my truck still exist even with his 22's so a out of balance tire or wheel is ruled out.

I have been a dedicated chevy owner for the last 20 years of my driving experiance. I even own a 1963 chevy c10 that my grandfather bought new...it also drives smoother at freeway speeds than my new 2014. I'm very disappointed in chevy about not figuring this out yet. I can almost not drive my truck anymore due to pain it causes me. If they can't fix it this will for sure be my last chevrolet. I'm total floored a 2014 chevy truck can be so shaken and vibrate that it causes pain in my teeth.

I also have spoken to two other 2014 silverado owners who one says his as been at the dealer many times for this issue and still not fixed and another that is ready to off his ASAP.

Just wanted to share my experiance on this bad deal with all of you as we all are suffering with our expensive trucks that drive like a worn out roller coaster.

TRUCK of the year!!!! What a joke...

Cheers

14SLTZ71 · September 27, 2014

Hello all,

I am here to relate to all of the vibration issues that we are having with our trucks. Two weeks ago I bought a 2014 RCSB 5.3L Silverado. I bought the truck brand new with 8 miles on it. When I was driving home on the freeway I noticed the cab vibration when I approached 60 mph and we'll onto 75mph. Being that I was coming from a 2004 sierra with 100k miles that drove way smoother I knew this wasn't right.

I now have 650 miles on the truck and have been driving it to see if it would get better...it's not and it's getting worse. the cab shake is so bad and there is a faint drone noise that gives me a headache and oddly hurts my teeth when I travel at freeway speeds. I have a 5 mile freeway commute to work and am totally beat up when I get there.

Last week I went to the dealer and explained my issue. Service manager clearly was lying when he said "wow I have never heard of that problem" . This is a very high volume dealer also. I have an appt for next week to have the truck checked out. It very clear after reading all the complaints there is no fix for this as of yet and not really sure I want my truck torn into just to have the problem still be there or get worse by what some of you have wrote.

On a side note I have done a little troubleshooting by swapping wheels with a buddy who has a 2011 silverado that drives perfect. He has aftermarket 22" wheels so that's what I put on. We'll yep problem with my truck still exist even with his 22's so a out of balance tire or wheel is ruled out.

I have been a dedicated chevy owner for the last 20 years of my driving experiance. I even own a 1963 chevy c10 that my grandfather bought new...it also drives smoother at freeway speeds than my new 2014. I'm very disappointed in chevy about not figuring this out yet. I can almost not drive my truck anymore due to pain it causes me. If they can't fix it this will for sure be my last chevrolet. I'm total floored a 2014 chevy truck can be so shaken and vibrate that it causes pain in my teeth.

I also have spoken to two other 2014 silverado owners who one says his as been at the dealer many times for this issue and still not fixed and another that is ready to off his ASAP.

Just wanted to share my experiance on this bad deal with all of you as we all are suffering with our expensive trucks that drive like a worn out roller coaster.

TRUCK of the year!!!! What a joke...

Cheers

Here is a link to another thread. Disregard the first page after the original persons (posters) comment.

http://www.gm-trucks.com/forums/topic/156181-2014-sierra-vibration-at-highway-speeds/

Edited September 27, 2014 by 15LTZZ71

DisappointedGMC · September 28, 2014

Here is a link to another thread. Disregard the first page after the original persons (posters) comment.

http://www.gm-trucks.com/forums/topic/156181-2014-sierra-vibration-at-highway-speeds/

You know the sad part of this whole thing is I got my 2014 in January and they had the problem then but rather than stop production and fix the problem they just kept on producing bad trucks! I mean come on, someone should step-up and say enough is enough and make them pay for all the junk they are producing! Know wounder the recall list is over 3 million and still growing.

pm26 · September 28, 2014

You know the sad part of this whole thing is I got my 2014 in January and they had the problem then but rather than stop production and fix the problem they just kept on producing bad trucks! I mean come on, someone should step-up and say enough is enough and make them pay for all the junk they are producing! No wonder the recall list is over 3 million and still growing.

No, not 3 million, 30 million.

pm26 · September 28, 2014

You know the sad part of this whole thing is I got my 2014 in January and they had the problem then but rather than stop production and fix the problem they just kept on producing bad trucks! I mean come on, someone should step-up and say enough is enough and make them pay for all the junk they are producing! Know wounder the recall list is over 3 million and still growing.

Not 3 million, but 30 million.

14SLTZ71 · September 28, 2014

Could you image if ford, ram, nissan, or toyota started exploiting this in a commercial. Unlike the ________ our trucks don't vibrate or shake and in the event that they do, we don't call it normal!!

Edited September 28, 2014 by 15LTZZ71

BlueWrapper · September 29, 2014

Could you image if ford, ram, nissan, or toyota started exploiting this in a commercial. Unlike the ________ our trucks don't vibrate or shake and in the event that they do, we don't call it normal!!

For what it's worth both ford and ram have had the same problem in the past. Not nearly as widespread as this GM problem but google _____ vibration and you'll see others from competitors with the same problem.

I feel terrible for y'all with the issue. I've test driven three Silverados. One had a real bad 70+ vibration, one a mild 40-50 vibe and the other didn't vibrate. I honestly think this issue is more widespread than the 20-25% reported on the forums. I hope they get this figured out in the future and get y'all fixed or bought back. It's really shocking how many people have this problem. The worst part is GM not standing by their product and taking a piss at loyal customers.

Shaken-truck-Syndrom · September 29, 2014

For what it's worth both ford and ram have had the same problem in the past. Not nearly as widespread as this GM problem but google _____ vibration and you'll see others from competitors with the same problem.

I feel terrible for y'all with the issue. I've test driven three Silverados. One had a real bad 70+ vibration, one a mild 40-50 vibe and the other didn't vibrate. I honestly think this issue is more widespread than the 20-25% reported on the forums. I hope they get this figured out in the future and get y'all fixed or bought back. It's really shocking how many people have this problem. The worst part is GM not standing by their product and taking a piss at loyal customers.

Can somebody start a Poll thread on who's truck vibrates and who's don't. I would but I'm not sure how to.

14SLTZ71 · September 29, 2014

For what it's worth both ford and ram have had the same problem in the past. Not nearly as widespread as this GM problem but google _____ vibration and you'll see others from competitors with the same problem.

I feel terrible for y'all with the issue. I've test driven three Silverados. One had a real bad 70+ vibration, one a mild 40-50 vibe and the other didn't vibrate. I honestly think this issue is more widespread than the 20-25% reported on the forums. I hope they get this figured out in the future and get y'all fixed or bought back. It's really shocking how many people have this problem. The worst part is GM not standing by their product and taking a piss at loyal customers.

Yeah, they would probably like to mock GM a little over this but are probably afraid of the possiblity of repercussions some time down the road.

BlueWrapper · September 29, 2014

Can somebody start a Poll thread on who's truck vibrates and who's don't. I would but I'm not sure how to.

Just go to the forum you want.

Click start a new topic.

Then manage topic poll on the right.

Shaken-truck-Syndrom · September 29, 2014

Just go to the forum you want.

Click start a new topic.

Then manage topic poll on the right.

I'm trying to post the poll as a new topic in this section ( not in this thread ) but I'm having trouble posting it.

14SLTZ71 · September 29, 2014

I'm trying to post the poll as a new topic in this section ( not in this thread ) but I'm having trouble posting it.

If you do a poll remember that some people have a vibration but don't have a shake. My truck has a horrible vibration in my floorboards and accelerator pedal almost all the time but I only have the shake for about the first 1/2 to 1 mile after sitting for awhile and then it goes away. Just a thought, it's your poll do it the way you want though.

Edit: if you are unsuccessful PM me and I will attempt to setup a poll thread tomorrow.

Edited September 29, 2014 by 15LTZZ71

stevec1129 · September 29, 2014

I was interested in picking up a 2014 Silverado 1LT Z71/LT Plus Pkg with the 5.3L until I came across this forum and now I don't think that would be a wise choice; due to the incentives & rebates I can pick up a 2014 in the mid 30's. Is this vibration/skaking/moaning something I would notice right off the bat if I did choose to test drive?

Are some models/rims/gear setups more apt to having this problem?

From what the window sticker shows the final assembly of this Silverado was in Mexico, not sure if this has anything to do with it?