Shake or Vibration Issues

[oneandzero]

Parked my truck last night I can't drive it anymore. It basically vibrates over 70 km/h and when the vibration makes you sick its unsafe. Dealer doesn't seem to care. $60K lawn ornament.

[LongrangeLauber]

Parked my truck last night I can't drive it anymore. It basically vibrates over 70 km/h and when the vibration makes you sick its unsafe. Dealer doesn't seem to care. $60K lawn ornament.

Sounds like you should start a BBB claim

[Vic15]

Parked my truck last night I can't drive it anymore. It basically vibrates over 70 km/h and when the vibration makes you sick its unsafe. Dealer doesn't seem to care. $60K lawn ornament.

Really? How many miles are on the truck? Have you taken it to another dealership? Have you contacted corporate customer service? What about taking it to a real mechanic?

[Jesse Davidson]

Parked my truck last night I can't drive it anymore. It basically vibrates over 70 km/h and when the vibration makes you sick its unsafe. Dealer doesn't seem to care. $60K lawn ornament.

 

I wish I had the money for another vehicle so I could park mine........ I'm not that lucky

Edited January 8, 2016 by Jesse D

[Jesse Davidson]

Well my 2014 was a 6.2 and it didn't start vibrating until around 1500 miles. It wasn't as bad as some of the others out there but still annoying enough for me to trade out of it.

Hey Bill, I thought you were done with this place

 

I had given up on the lawsuit and being here for a while, but have started doing both again.

 

I'm now working with a law firm out of Boston to get the suit going. I have sent them a substantial amount of information including TSB's for the regular Vibration, the Active Fuel Management Vibration, and the radio issues a few of you have (I have). I have sent information, pricing etc. about those of us who paid for upgraded A/T tires, but did not receive them, I sent the articles that were published about the SUV buffeting and vibration, which show that GM has finally admitted to the vibration in their SUV's. As well as some other information that I felt would help with the case. They have been sent my current list of members who have sent me their information wanting to be part of any suit that comes about, and they also have the video's I took doing the water bottle test in my truck. I feel that those are pretty damning, but thats just me.

 

Hopefully this gets off the ground quickly and can benefit us sooner rather than later.

[oneandzero]

Really? How many miles are on the truck? Have you taken it to another dealership? Have you contacted corporate customer service? What about taking it to a real mechanic?

 

10000 kms, Working 14hr days to pay for truck and no time to screw around with other dealers unfortunately.

 

 

I wish I had the money for another vehicle so I could park mine........ I'm not that lucky

 

I don't have the money.. second vehicle is worth $300.

 

Update:

Dealer has picked up the truck and finally working on it. Lets see where this goes. Hopefully a real mechanic is working on it.

[C6Bill]

Hey Bill, I thought you were done with this place

 

 

I can't help it, i'm addicted. I keep coming back in hopes tat there is a fix. You'd think i wouldn't care one way or the other as I drive a Tundra now but I"m still rooting for you all. I keep coming back hoping I will see IT'S FIXED !!!!

Edited January 8, 2016 by C6Bill

[Willshire]

It would be nice if there was a way to put vibration sensors in multiple locations around the truck, tied into a diagnostic computer, and run down an ultra flat stretch of road and pick up the sensor with the most vibration and concentrate on that area for issues. Anybody tried replicating it on a dyno where only the powertrain and rear tires are the items that could be the cause? It Would eliminate both road surface, front end components from being the culprits. Or i guess it would eliminate the powertrain and rear suspension depending on the results. just a thought. I do notice my hood buffets at high speed but, i can't see it being that.

[abominable z71]

It would be nice if there was a way to put vibration sensors in multiple locations around the truck, tied into a diagnostic computer, and run down an ultra flat stretch of road and pick up the sensor with the most vibration and concentrate on that area for issues. Anybody tried replicating it on a dyno where only the powertrain and rear tires are the items that could be the cause? It Would eliminate both road surface, front end components from being the culprits. Or i guess it would eliminate the powertrain and rear suspension depending on the results. just a thought. I do notice my hood buffets at high speed but, i can't see it being that.

This is truly the step that needs to be taken, apparently GM or the dealer does not want to invest in the time required to do this. It would help locate the are causing the issues. You could do it with a single sensor and just move it from location to location. The problem for the average guy is a vibration analyzer with say 4 inputs the acclerometers and cabling is going to run about 10 grand on up. I used to work as a plant engineer and we had a unit made by SKF for balancing high speed turbo machinery (turbines, compressors, fans and such) it had 4 inputs and cost 30 grand although it had other features for balancing and shaft alignment. I've been looking into it and for the DIY guy your best bet is to find an old EVA2 unit, this is what GM used to use before the PICO scope. You can pick one up on ebay for about $400 bucks single input I believe but you could move it from corner to corner and different frame locations to help narrow down the source. As far as the wheel dyno goes, dyno time tends to be spendy and not readily accessible but would eliminate the road surface as a source. Right now as I type this my truck is down at a local tire shop and the tires are being trued and balanced on the vehicle if it still shakes after this I'm going to say it's almost impossible they are the source, and it might be time to purchase an EVA2 to find the source because the dealer surely isn't going to log in the time to do it.

[Willshire]

I guess a place that offers vibe analysis would be spendy too. I am sure a dyno owner or the friend of a dyno owner may be able to give this a shot for not much investment. but like you say a $400 EVA2 would do the trick, perhaps. A dyno would be way sweeter though as you could eliminate so many variables and concentrate on a certain part of the truck instead of happlessly trying anything

[dave07]

Most people have trouble determining if the vibration in their vehicle is coming from the DRIVESHAFT or not. There are typically two types of vibration most vehicles would have. A fast cycle vibration or a slow cycle vibration, to help understand this lets say we put a bucket of water on the passenger’s floor. If the vibration in the vehicle produces small ripples on the top of the water this would be considered a fast cycle vibration. This type of vibration is usually a drive train vibration, things like the driveshaft, motor or torque converter. If the vibration puts waves on the top of the water or splashes, this type of vibration is a slow cycle vibration and usually is an axle or tire vibration. People have trouble determining where the vibration in their vehicle is coming from. Try the test below if your not sure.

 

https://www.driveshaftshop.com/driveshafts-101

 

 

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[pm26]

 

10000 kms, Working 14hr days to pay for truck and no time to screw around with other dealers unfortunately.

 

 

I don't have the money.. second vehicle is worth $300.

 

Update:

Dealer has picked up the truck and finally working on it. Lets see where this goes. Hopefully a real mechanic is working on it.

Why, straight into the "NORMAL!" land. The truck vibrates as designed.

[tonygxp]

buy a tire crayon and mark the rim to tire in two locations on each wheel. Maybe these tires are spinning on the rims now and then? Friend mentioned to me that on his 6.2 Denali CC 2015 that the bar codes were working their way out of the wheel lip and sticking out. he couldn't understand how that's even possible. never ONCE thought the tire/rim were not bonded well enough to avoid slippage.. We're not talking about 10 second race cars lol.. I'm going to do it to mine.. My front right tire was badly out of balance (according to the dealer requiring a flip 180* out on the wheel) and all others were slightly out. imagine that this was causing more problems after or even before the original Root of the vibration (driveshaft, rear, shocks etc) have been repaired??

 

fix one problem, another rears it's head sounds alot like tire slipping on wheel.... i hope you guys try it and report back. make sure to get on the truck especially from a stop and low speeds, that should expedite the results as that's probably when the tire would slip most.

[jeffziss]

Everyone please read these articles and email the editors so we can get some attention on our trucks. There is a gentleman named Daryl on the Facebook group that got the ball rolling. It's up to us to get attention on the trucks as well. Again please I'm begging everyone to do this. The SUV already has national attention!!!!!

 

I've even attached each editors email address (couldn't find the one for autoblog still working on it and will update when I get it).

 

Cbs freelance writer email address

[email protected].

 

Also if you're not a member of the Facebook group go join.

 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/GMissues/

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contact Stephen Elmer for autoguide

 

http://www.trucktrend.com/news/1512-bad-vibrations-owners-reporting-strange-harmonics-in-gm-fullsize-suvs/#.Vov4DmakiZ8.mailto

 

[email protected]

 

http://www.autoblog.com/2015/12/30/fullsize-gm-suvs-making-owners-sick-report/

 

 

 

 

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2015/12/31/gm-vibration-complaints/78119904/

 

[email protected]

Thank you for the links to the articles. I have updated my website. If it makes anyone else feel better, my website has had a couple of thousand views and almost two dozen people have confirmed not purchasing a GM because of what they have found on the website and the forums listed within it.

 

GM Customer Service called me this week to see how I was enjoying my replacement 2016 Silverado. I directed them to my website

[jeffziss]

Quickly approaching 900,000 views. GM will take notice sooner or later!