CHEVY SHAKE FIXED!

Tahoe02 · July 3, 2018

There is a difference between the Dealer balancing the tires and having a road force balance. Did you get a print out showing the percentage(I am not an expert but I believe 15 and below is acceptable) at each wheel. If so maybe you could post it and one of the experts on here could give you their opinion. Good luck.

GasCan420 · July 3, 2018

No Road Force balance, just your everyday normal balance at local tire dealer. I will bring the Road Force topic up to mechanic today and ask for a print out to post.

Thank You Tahoe02!

GasCan420 · July 5, 2018

After further investigation, looks like I don't have the Chevy Shake after all, instead I have the Sierra Shudder, caused by a bad torque converter, so says the mechanic who seen and fixed this problem several times on the 2015 Sierra's. We shall see once the parts arrive and replaced!

KARNUT · July 5, 2018

I was at my brother in laws house a few days ago. He just bought his 4th suburban, he buys them used and drives them to the ground. The sister in law took us out to lunch, he couldn’t make it. I didn’t have the heart to point out the vibration and shake I was noticing. He going to ask me I’m dreading it.

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GasCan420 · July 20, 2018

No More Sierra Shudder!

Torque Converter was replaced and the vibration is GONE!!!

Time to go on an Adventure.

Crimsondenali · September 21, 2018

On 7/20/2018 at 5:03 PM, GasCan420 said:

No More Sierra Shudder!

Torque Converter was replaced and the vibration is GONE!!!

Time to go on an Adventure.

Hello I just read the problems you were having with your truck I have a 16 Denali 6.2 8spd I’ve the same issue as yours it shakes under light throttle from the get go I can feel it in the steering wheel as well ,,,did yours shake at 70+mph ??? I’m very frustrated as I’m not in the states my truck was imported from Dubai To another country so the parts availibilty is limited.... I did however balance the tires which improved a little but not completely eliminated.

GasCan420 · September 21, 2018

Yes, it shook after reaching 45 mph and up. Glad the dealership had seen this Problem before and knew it was my torque converter right away

Ruben7206 · April 6, 2019

On 15/10/2016 at 4:43 PM, lba0213 said:

did the tachometer jump when the shake occured? and was it constant or intermittent?

Having the same exact issue, could you tell me if you were able to fix the vibration?

blcws6 · April 6, 2019

Yea I found a fix to the issue. I sold the truck! No joke.

they replaced the tranny once for shudder and two years later it came back with a brand new tranny. I cut my loses.

Ruben7206 · April 6, 2019

On 5/7/2018 at 7:12 AM, GasCan420 said:

After further investigation, looks like I don't have the Chevy Shake after all, instead I have the Sierra Shudder, caused by a bad torque converter, so says the mechanic who seen and fixed this problem several times on the 2015 Sierra's. We shall see once the parts arrive and replaced!

Dealing with the same problems! Was it fixed once they replace the torque converter?

lba0213 · April 6, 2019

They did work on my torque converter back in 2016 eventually GM replaced the entire tranny for a brand new one. 2 years later in late 2018, the exact same thing started again on a trip up to my lake house. As soon as I had the time, I went straight to the ford dealership and sold the truck in a swap for a 2018 fi150 platinum. Couldnt be happier. I do miss the big 6.2 v8 thought

jwhitesides · May 4, 2020

I have done the following with no success: 2014 Silverado 5.3L crew cab 2wd

* New pads and rotors

* New shocks all around

* New U-joints with balanced drive shaft

The worst is at 70-75 mph but I do get the shake on occasion at +45 mph.

I am going to have my tires balanced and chalk the tires just to make sure I am not having a tire slipping on the wheel.

Any other suggestions? HELP!

Jfurman · July 31, 2021

On 10/15/2016 at 5:43 PM, lba0213 said:

did the tachometer jump when the shake occured? and was it constant or intermittent?

My truck is doing the same thing your truck is doing. Did you ever figure out the issue?

RangerRay · June 16, 2023

My problem is not the shaking caused by anything in the running gear. My issue on my 6.2L 2018 8 speed transmission Silverado is predominantly when running in drive and it drops the motor to V4 from V8 and under torque it will shake you teeth out until is bangs it way back to V8 mode. The GM bulletin fix of changing the Transmission filters and fluid did not work. Applied the bulletin at 42K miles and it has had no effect on this issue. Yes, I can achieve some improvement by shifting the vehicle into M from D and selecting M7 as the as the gear and this prevents the truck from shifting to M8 and from shifting to V4 from V8. It still may shift ruff in the lower gears, but the issue is really when it is trying to run in V4 mode. Noone seems to address this issue specifically. They are talking about changing and balancing tires and all those things, but it is not my problem.

Edited June 16, 2023 by RangerRay