Jump to content

2017 Silverado LT 4X4 - Less than stellar wet weather traction

biggrizzly

Recommended Posts

biggrizzly Enthusiast

biggrizzly

Posted
Posted

I have just a hair over 20,000 miles on my 2017 Silverado 4X4. Tires are factory stock and appear to be still in brand new condition other than a little treadwear. Thing is they have crap traction on wet or rainy roads. Is this normal for the factory tires? 

brokenjaww Enthusiast

brokenjaww

Posted
Posted

Do you have auto 4x4? Are you slipping only when in 2wd? Pretty typical for most truck to do that, at least in my experience. I get to drive a lot of rental trucks at work and have had several different years of chev/gm’s with auto 4x4. Also own an 06 Silvy cc 4x4 with auto (my 18 is in this week!), and have to say I love it in this type of weather condition. Also great in winter [emoji300]️!

Aside from that in all of these trucks with several different types of higher end AT type tires all trucks break loose on wet roads, due to the fact that there is no weight in the back end.

I’m not saying you can’t get a better set of tires than what you may have (there’s many different “factory” tires going out the factory door), but I am saying a better tire, may not fix the problem!

btj_z71 Enthusiast

btj_z71

Posted
Posted
20 minutes ago, biggrizzly said:

I have just a hair over 20,000 miles on my 2017 Silverado 4X4. Tires are factory stock and appear to be still in brand new condition other than a little treadwear. Thing is they have crap traction on wet or rainy roads. Is this normal for the factory 

 

 

Upgrade to Falken Wildpeak AT3W when your ready.  Yes, the SRA tire is no good on wet roads.  My SRA tires lasted until 36k so, you may still have a good bit of life in them.

Coxryan1 Enthusiast

Coxryan1

Posted
Posted

I very much dislike the stock continentals mine had....all season = no season for those tires

I have just a hair over 20,000 miles on my 2017 Silverado 4X4. Tires are factory stock and appear to be still in brand new condition other than a little treadwear. Thing is they have crap traction on wet or rainy roads. Is this normal for the factory tires? 


Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk

biggrizzly Enthusiast

biggrizzly

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Mine are Bridgestone Duellers. I would have thought they made a good tire.  I guess that unloaded bed must be pretty light.  I don't keep mine in auto 4X4 but it does have that capability. It gets impressive traction in the snow with the 4WD engaged. But worry about this winter when commuting and the roads are not covered in snow, but just slick and cold.

15 Z71 Senior Enthusiast

15 Z71

Posted
Posted
12 minutes ago, biggrizzly said:

Mine are Bridgestone Duellers. I would have thought they made a good tire.  I guess that unloaded bed must be pretty light.  I don't keep mine in auto 4X4 but it does have that capability. It gets impressive traction in the snow with the 4WD engaged. But worry about this winter when commuting and the roads are not covered in snow, but just slick and cold.

You should be fine I have those same tires on my truck. I live in N.E. Ohio i have had them on for 3 years with 38,000 miles and mine still get good traction. Much better then the good years. I made sure mine had them when I bought my truck. Maybe they only come on the z71?

Sierra706 Senior Enthusiast

Sierra706

Posted
Posted
Mine are Bridgestone Duellers. I would have thought they made a good tire.  I guess that unloaded bed must be pretty light.  I don't keep mine in auto 4X4 but it does have that capability. It gets impressive traction in the snow with the 4WD engaged. But worry about this winter when commuting and the roads are not covered in snow, but just slick and cold.


The duelers are better but still not great.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
brokenjaww Enthusiast

brokenjaww

Posted
Posted
Mine are Bridgestone Duellers. I would have thought they made a good tire.  I guess that unloaded bed must be pretty light.  I don't keep mine in auto 4X4 but it does have that capability. It gets impressive traction in the snow with the 4WD engaged. But worry about this winter when commuting and the roads are not covered in snow, but just slick and cold.



AWD is the bomb! Mine lives there in fall/winter (unless the road are nice and dry), which is around September-May. The only issue I’ve had (regular oil changes done using OEM fluids) is the selector switch gone bad $115 dollar part + 10 min to diy. Decent I think with the truck at 315000km

Also, if you’re into a bit of goofing around, rwd vehicle awd drifting is pretty cool [emoji41] haha

I’ve had bfg k02, Goodyear wrangler, Toyo open and some other randoms on the rentals I’ve had. All tires (and truck brands for that matter)spin on wet pavement if you get into it even a bit too much if you ask me... and that’s why the auto is sweet
Druder Enthusiast

Druder

Posted
Posted
1 hour ago, biggrizzly said:

I have just a hair over 20,000 miles on my 2017 Silverado 4X4. Tires are factory stock and appear to be still in brand new condition other than a little treadwear. Thing is they have crap traction on wet or rainy roads. Is this normal for the factory tires? 

I've had situations with the stock Goodyears where I had plenty of time to pull out of a side street and the truck couldn't get out of its own way. Granted my truck had 57k when I finally replaced them but the consensus is they aren't even good new. Fast forward to now, I threw the Falkens mentioned above on and today it was pouring rain. I could self induce wheel spin but I had to try and they'd catch traction again with ease. Truck went through some massive puddles with zero hydroplaning. I had my heart set on Continental's new tire but I read some stellar reviews on the Wildpeaks and figured I would give them a try. I'm glad I did.

Brandon5799 Enthusiast

Brandon5799

Posted
Posted

People forget these aren’t the 250 horsepower 4 speed slushbox trucks anymore. Add 100 hp or more and 2-4 more gears the throttle is going to be a lot more touchy.

aseibel Senior Enthusiast

aseibel

Posted
Posted
11 hours ago, biggrizzly said:

I have just a hair over 20,000 miles on my 2017 Silverado 4X4. Tires are factory stock and appear to be still in brand new condition other than a little treadwear. Thing is they have crap traction on wet or rainy roads. Is this normal for the factory tires? 

Factory tires are selected based on fuel economy on dry paved roads and nothing else. They are not suited for poor conditions/ off-road. Any A/T tire you put on will perform better, with the trade-off of possibly a bit lower mpg's.

 

I have lived for 3 winters on my stock SRA's. They are not impossible to keep from spinning, but I also know I will replace them when they have about 50% tread left.

Cupton Enthusiast

Cupton

Posted
Posted

I think the key is to use Auto AWD (if you have it) when its slick out. That helped a ton with my truck and the OEM Goodyear tires. A better tire will help for sure, but even with a good tire you will most likely get some slippage in 2wd when the roads are slick.

BigBadSierra Senior Enthusiast

BigBadSierra

Posted
Posted

THE SRA's SUCK.  Just replacing them with something better makes the truck have way more traction in 2WD

 

The more they wear the worse they get.  I replaced the ones on my 2014 at your millage just to get the truck to stop sliding around.

 

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

Go to topic listing

  • Latest Articles

  • Posts

    • asilverblazer
      Intermittent no-code issues on 2022.5+ V8 trucks — what did the shop fail to capture?

      By asilverblazer · Posted

      Length/amount of data capture will be important to consider, sifting through 5 minutes of a data log can be enormous when it is stored in milliseconds. Being able to find the 'event' let alone decipher it.   Presumably the driver would notice something and hit a button to capture the 'window' of data. That window has to be large enough for the operator to recognize the event and react accordingly.    The data has to be able to be retrieved easily.   The data has to be able to be understood. Which is the biggest challenge, dealer techs won't even know what most of it is and would likely not even look at it if an owner brought it to them. Meaning the owner, the least educated/qualified, trying to understand it.    How will the data be presented? Could specific PIDs be selected and a timelapse graph be watched? How will a specific value be noted as abnormal? Additionally, a good data logger would be able to 'learn' normal values for a specific vehicle and flag abnormalities automatically. It could in theory watch parameters degrade over time and suggest maintenance as needed. (If the MAF reading begins tapering off for a given set of other readings - MAP, throttle position, Ambient, etc.. a flag to check air filter.) With the amount of data available, a device (really the vehicle rather than an additional accessory) should be able to do more than issue a DTC. It should be able to run the full diagnostic suite automatically and present a solution rather than a code. (It's not the 90's anymore). The technology is available for the vehicle to not just say "P0087", it should know low fuel pressure, check other PIDs to narrow down the problem itself, and determine if it is a lift pump, high pressure pump, regulator, leak in the fuel line, clogged filter, etc. Even if it can't narrow it down, it should be able to guide the user to the likely problems.   This would be a major problem for dealer service departments, which are the manufacturers customers it is in their collective best interest to NOT have this available to the consumer.   Further, if the owner is going to be the primary consumer of the data, it's got to be at a consumer price point vs. dealer only specialty tool price.   This group is more 'involved' in their vehicle than general public/consumer and will have knowledge, experience, needs and desires that are quite different from the market at large.   
    • KARNUT
      OCI, not when but why?

      By KARNUT · Posted

      I put the prof up. If you read what I posted. You can see that housing, cars and income are in line with the era we were talking about. It’s harder in some places easier in others. Let’s agree to disagree and put this back on track, OK? We both are pretty stubborn and hard headed. But I bring receipts. If you wish I will not respond to you in the future. 
    • Grumpy Bear
      OCI, not when but why?

      By Grumpy Bear · Posted

      Lets see if I can sum up two pages of nothing useful.    You want to refute your own governments data of the "Purchasing Power" Index FOR THE ENTIRE USA and its territories replacing it with the experience of a single family and its business and label that reality?  Then pound on that for a week hoping it will find traction?    Stan, I've told you several times. I don't do irrational. There are more people in the USA than your family.    I'm pretty sure this tread is so blown up. I'll give you a few days or months if need be to post yourself silent then I'll see if I can find enough parts of the train to reassemble it. 
    • asilverblazer
      VSE CCV Bypass - Anyone have this installed in their L5P?

      By asilverblazer · Posted

      Facebook groups hate VSE, poor customer service; their responses to criticisms are pretty poor for a reputable company. I'm not a customer, haven't bought anything from them, but how they handle themselves on social media is a definite "No" for me. 
    • asilverblazer
      Transmission Woes :-(

      By asilverblazer · Posted

      $10,000 for a transmission?   Pretty sure I could buy all the parts, tools, and education to rebuild it myself for a quarter of that amount.   or swap it out with a new one...

  • GM-Trucks.com Clubs

  • Popular Contributors

×
×
  • Create New...