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Hello all, I am looking at all my options on full size pickups and wanted to see if the current model Silverados really do all have the "chevy shake"? I have read through maybe 1/4 of the 500 plus page thread on the issue here on this site but wanted to know what percentage of trucks sold actually experience this? Is it enough to warrant going with a Ford and Dodge as better option? I seem to see more new Silverados here in souther california with what appear to be happy owners... IMHO the Silverados are the best beefy looking trucks out there but I don't want to buy a 40k plus rattle shake vibration machine. Any incite from current owners would be appreciated. Thanks

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Just be sure to test drive it real good. My truck and countless others are butter smooth. Take it out on the highway and get up to 75 mph or so. Most threads I've read say the vibs are bad 65-75 mph and some in the 40-50mph range. If it's a vibrator you should feel it, should be obvious

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Just be sure to test drive it real good. My truck and countless others are butter smooth. Take it out on the highway and get up to 75 mph or so. Most threads I've read say the vibs are bad 65-75 mph and some in the 40-50mph range. If it's a vibrator you should feel it, should be obvious

Thanks, I definitely will test drive the truck at those speeds but the problem is iv read that this vibration sometimes appears up to after 2000 miles of use, how many problem free miles do you have on your truck if you would not mind me asking.

Silverado Steve Senior Enthusiast

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There are plenty of threads on f150forum.com of the new f150 having vibration issues too. Perhaps we can start calling it the "ford flutter". My point being a lot of things are embellished on the Internet. Go test drive each truck throughly to make a sound decision. For the record I have 37K vibration free miles.

 

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Hello all, I am looking at all my options on full size pickups and wanted to see if the current model Silverados really do all have the "chevy shake"? I have read through maybe 1/4 of the 500 plus page thread on the issue here on this site but wanted to know what percentage of trucks sold actually experience this? Is it enough to warrant going with a Ford and Dodge as better option? I seem to see more new Silverados here in souther california with what appear to be happy owners... IMHO the Silverados are the best beefy looking trucks out there but I don't want to buy a 40k plus rattle shake vibration machine. Any incite from current owners would be appreciated. Thanks

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Thanks, I definitely will test drive the truck at those speeds but the problem is iv read that this vibration sometimes appears up to after 2000 miles of use, how many problem free miles do you have on your truck if you would not mind me asking.

 

 

Presently, about 6400, unchanged since day 1. My Silverado is the nicest vehicle I have ever owned, by a long shot

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I work at the number 6 dealership in the whole country and I am one of the top 10 salesman in the state. The first I have heard about this is on this forum. It is a very small number of people that experience this.

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There are plenty of threads on f150forum.com of the new f150 having vibration issues too. Perhaps we can start calling it the "ford flutter". My point being a lot of things are embellished on the Internet. Go test drive each truck throughly to make a sound decision. For the record I have 37K vibration free miles.

 

 

Thanks I will put the chevy back at the top of the list since it is the best looking

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I bought a '14 Silverado LTZ in November of '13. My next door neighbor bought an F150 with Ecoboost.. My truck is the smoothest nicest vehicle I've ever owned, and that's quite a few. The neighbors Ford blew the bottom end out of the engine. He drove a little white loaner car for a month while they fixed his Ford. I believe GM builds great quality trucks. Honestly, they are all nice. If you test drive it and it doesn't vibrate I doubt it ever will. I bought the truck I thought looked the best and I'm glad I did.

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There is an extensive 576 ongoing thread on this site http://www.gm-trucks.com/forums/topic/153186-shake-or-vibration-issues/?view=getnewpost people getting lemon law and GM doing buy backs :-/ but perhaps it only affects less than 10% of vehicles and most are good?

 

I work at the number 6 dealership in the whole country and I am one of the top 10 salesman in the state. The first I have heard about this is on this forum. It is a very small number of people that experience this.

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No way in hell that I would get an eco-boost, V8 all the way either chevy 5.3 ford 5.0 or dodge 5.7, boosted motors take more abuse then NA and won't last as long.

 

I bought a '14 Silverado LTZ in November of '13. My next door neighbor bought an F150 with Ecoboost.. My truck is the smoothest nicest vehicle I've ever owned, and that's quite a few. The neighbors Ford blew the bottom end out of the engine. He drove a little white loaner car for a month while they fixed his Ford. I believe GM builds great quality trucks. Honestly, they are all nice. If you test drive it and it doesn't vibrate I doubt it ever will. I bought the truck I thought looked the best and I'm glad I did.

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There is an extensive 576 ongoing thread on this site http://www.gm-trucks.com/forums/topic/153186-shake-or-vibration-issues/?view=getnewpost people getting lemon law and GM doing buy backs :-/ but perhaps it only affects less than 10% of vehicles and most are good?

 

 

The reality probably respresrents a thousand or so vehicles. They sell 500-600k + silverados every year.

 

so - more likely a fraction of 1 percent experience this. A SMALL FRACTION of ONE PERCENT.

 

Test drive the car you want to take home - if they "swap" one in from another dealership - DRIVE IT BEFORE YOU PAY

 

I insist on it with my customers - I just picked up an LTZ/Z71 from another dealer for a customer and on the drive back to my dealership the gas pedal felt weird and the engine idled higher than normal. I brought it to our shop foreman and it needed a computer flash and a new gas pedal. Work done the morning he picked the truck up. So they aren't all shipped perfect but if you have a good SALESMAN that CARES - Things get done.

 

I like fords - the naturally aspirated ones.

 

JC

 

JC

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Thank you for your responses and all who have responded on this issue.

 

The reality probably respresrents a thousand or so vehicles. They sell 500-600k + silverados every year.

 

so - more likely a fraction of 1 percent experience this. A SMALL FRACTION of ONE PERCENT.

 

Test drive the car you want to take home - if they "swap" one in from another dealership - DRIVE IT BEFORE YOU PAY

 

I insist on it with my customers - I just picked up an LTZ/Z71 from another dealer for a customer and on the drive back to my dealership the gas pedal felt weird and the engine idled higher than normal. I brought it to our shop foreman and it needed a computer flash and a new gas pedal. Work done the morning he picked the truck up. So they aren't all shipped perfect but if you have a good SALESMAN that CARES - Things get done.

 

I like fords - the naturally aspirated ones.

 

JC

 

JC

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My truck a '14 has 20K on it with no vibrations. Now my salesman bout one shortly after me and he had vibration problems and went through 8 different Goodyear Wrangler SR-A before it was finally resolved the the verdict was it was poor quality tire not the trucks fault. So at least for my dealership any truck that dos have vibration issues they put another brand of tires on the truck. But as previously stated is far and few in between.

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I bought a Silverado knowing about the "Chevy Shake". My 15 has about 3000 miles on it and no shake. Every brand of truck out there is going to have its issues, that is why they come with a warranty and that is why there are good lemon laws in the states.

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