Shake or Vibration Issues

[PMurray]

And it will always be a ford.

[mafd2]

[20SierraL8T24]

Flores, sorry it had to come to you buying a Ford. Hope your truck treats you well.

[MJFlores]

You guys are too funny...and kinda sad. More than half would side with Chevy no matter what the other side offers. Too blind to see it. I used to be that way but I woke up saw that Ford is the superior truck. I thank Chevy for making my lemon...I would have never wandered away if I got another good one but they did and so I did. VERY glad I did.

 

And what?? Judging Ford on the interior of an STX?? Would I judge Chevy based on the interior of their "work truck" and all it's plastic? Of course not. It's unreal how moronic some people can be.

[MJFlores]

Flores, sorry it had to come to you buying a Ford. Hope your truck treats you well.

Thanks man, I remember you from when I was on here going through hell compliments of GM. What a terrible summer that was. I'm honestly very happy with my F150. I'll never be color blind or a brand snob again. I wish you great luck with your ride as well.

[MudMutt]

You guys are too funny...and kinda sad. More than half would side with Chevy no matter what the other side offers. Too blind to see it. I used to be that way but I woke up saw that Ford is the superior truck. I thank Chevy for making my lemon...I would have never wandered away if I got another good one but they did and so I did. VERY glad I did.

 

And what?? Judging Ford on the interior of an STX?? Would I judge Chevy based on the interior of their "work truck" and all it's plastic? Of course not. It's unreal how moronic some people can be.

 

So your saying that the Ford STX work trucks come with 20 inch polished aluminum wheels, running boards and painted bumpers, because the one I drove in did. Just for the record, the pic you posted of that Ford dash looks cheap too. Guess that's a STX huh ?

[goodbye-gm]

So your saying that the Ford STX work trucks come with 20 inch polished aluminum wheels, running boards and painted bumpers, because the one I drove in did. Just for the record, the pic you posted of that Ford dash looks cheap too. Guess that's a STX huh ?

Unfortunately this thread is getting so far off subject it may become useless to the person looking for "on topic" solutions and help. This thread was a tremendous help when I was looking for answers.

[310racing]

This seems to be happening in several threads, usually due to unneeded rhetoric about "my other non gm truck", best thing you will ever do.

Everyone is entitled to opinions, but there opinion is not needed in every thread, or post. (Mods)

I realize I am currently jacking this thread, but really

If this offends anyone in-particular, and you wish to post about your other truck and why it's so great, please do, in a thread dedicated to you and your truck, or another non gm forum.

Hopefully back to topics, and I apologize.

[Dnt]

Wow I cannot believe that this thread is still ongoing. I am sure that there are some nuggets of gold info in this thread somewhere concerning the shake and vibration issue but good grief who can spend two days reading 3968 posts especially since it has turned into a GM versus Ford pissing match. I gave up on my dealership to come up with a fix at approx 20k miles and I bought a set of Michelin tires for my 14 GMC Sierra 4x4 Z71 5.3 3.42 20in factory wheels 5.5 bed truck. I have driven approx 7k on the Michelins. The Z71 suspension if fairly stiff and does transmit a lot of road shock on rough roads but I am happy with it. The Truck came with Goodyears and they reminded me of the old bias ply tires from many years ago that most of you are probably not old enough to even remember. If the truck set for a couple of days the tires would flat spot and it would ride like a log wagon with square tires for the first 5 to ten miles that is a sure indication of bad (chit) tires. The OEM Goodyear SRA tires are very poor quality on the 14s with the 20in wheels IMHO.

[MudMutt]

Unfortunately this thread is getting so far off subject it may become useless to the person looking for "on topic" solutions and help. This thread was a tremendous help when I was looking for answers.

I agree with you but when some dude comes on a GM Trucks site and starts posting pics of Ford trucks and how great they are and trashing GM cause he got burnt with a lemon, that not cool either.

[RyanbabZ71]

Please stay on topic, this is your warning

 

Thanks!

[southern_sierra]

Wow I cannot believe that this thread is still ongoing. I am sure that there are some nuggets of gold info in this thread somewhere concerning the shake and vibration issue but good grief who can spend two days reading 3968 posts especially since it has turned into a GM versus Ford pissing match. I gave up on my dealership to come up with a fix at approx 20k miles and I bought a set of Michelin tires for my 14 GMC Sierra 4x4 Z71 5.3 3.42 20in factory wheels 5.5 bed truck. I have driven approx 7k on the Michelins. The Z71 suspension if fairly stiff and does transmit a lot of road shock on rough roads but I am happy with it. The Truck came with Goodyears and they reminded me of the old bias ply tires from many years ago that most of you are probably not old enough to even remember. If the truck set for a couple of days the tires would flat spot and it would ride like a log wagon with square tires for the first 5 to ten miles that is a sure indication of bad (chit) tires. The OEM Goodyear SRA tires are very poor quality on the 14s with the 20in wheels IMHO.

I had the vibration or shake on my 14 GMC Sierra SLT crew cab Z71 4x4 5.5 bed 5.3 3.42 rear 20in wheel with goodyear SRA P275/55r20. When I took it for a test drive for the first time got up to about 50 and started to shake bad felt like a tire bad out of balance. Went back to the dealer they said the tires are flat spotted I looked at the build date with was 4-14 and drove it on11-14 so had been sitting on a lot of 7months. Took it for another drive and the shake was allready better.

The dealer said if its going to go away should do it in about 100 miles and if not they would replace the tires. I purchased the truck and time I got home about 80 miles away it was almost gone. The shake never went away completely. I give it to about 1000 miles but was still there form 70 to 85 was bad. Called the dealer they said bring it in and would do a road force balance. The first tire road forced at 49 the second at 71 they said forget it and said you need tires. Told them I wanted Michelins LTX M/S2 said that was fine I paid the differance between the goodyears and the michelins 78.00 dollars. The truck has been smooth ever since.

Edited January 3, 2015 by southern_sierra

[STAYBG]

The problem isn't in the tires,driveshaft,or rear diff. Its in the engine management system.. Go to the display on the dash where it shows when it goes from v4 to v8 and watch the magic happen. The vibrations start when the trans is in to high of a gear and the management system that's supposed to "save fuel" goes to v4 and then the truck acts like a stick shift that's in 5th gear at 20 miles an hour.... My truck is a week old and I don't want it anymore cause of this.. Happens both at high and low speeds... 40k for a truck that's unpleasant to drive... Thanks gm... So there ya go general motors.. I'm not a engineer just a a.s.e. certified mechanic that just solved ur problem.. Sorry if I seem cocky or upset but unless you "gm" either buys back my vehicle or fixes it within the next week then this is the response you will get from me. A dedicated gm owner since I could drive.. But those tundras are looking really good right about now...feel free to contact me gm representative on my cell to help me resolve my issue with my new truck 219-588-5002.. Thanks

[sideoftheroad]

The problem isn't in the tires,driveshaft,or rear diff. Its in the engine management system.. Go to the display on the dash where it shows when it goes from v4 to v8 and watch the magic happen. The vibrations start when the trans is in to high of a gear and the management system that's supposed to "save fuel" goes to v4 and then the truck acts like a stick shift that's in 5th gear at 20 miles an hour.... My truck is a week old and I don't want it anymore cause of this.. Happens both at high and low speeds... 40k for a truck that's unpleasant to drive... Thanks gm... So there ya go general motors.. I'm not a engineer just a a.s.e. certified mechanic that just solved ur problem.. Sorry if I seem cocky or upset but unless you "gm" either buys back my vehicle or fixes it within the next week then this is the response you will get from me. A dedicated gm owner since I could drive.. But those tundras are looking really good right about now...feel free to contact me gm representative on my cell to help me resolve my issue with my new truck 219-588-5002.. Thanks

Yea they won't reach out to you. Only way I got a response was to file with the BBB Autoline and I got a phone call within 24hrs from Gm. 2.5 months of silence and non returned phone calls up till that point. Had the so called "customer service" reps waste that 2 months telling me they were working on a resolution with my selling dealer.

[STAYBG]

Yea they won't reach out to you. Only way I got a response was to file with the BBB Autoline and I got a phone call within 24hrs from Gm. 2.5 months of silence and non returned phone calls up till that point. Had the so called "customer service" reps waste that 2 months telling me they were working on a resolution with my selling dealer.

Ur right I probably won't be contacted but I WILL contact corporate and be a thorn in there side until this is resolved.