anyone have vibration issues with their 2014 silverado 1500?

[keakar]

Originally Posted by duckman1911

You have the work truck package? Thats what I have. I have never tried to reprogram that feature on my truck. If I have time this week I'll put the scanner in it and see if it can be done. I think that can be changed with a tech 2 scanner. I will try to check though.

yep, I got the work truck 2WT (chrome package) regular cab short bed 1500 with 3.08 gears and the 17" steel wheels and ss hub caps and towing package

man I would love to be able to turn that feature off, my inlaws truck does it too and its a few years old so I would guess if it can be turned off someone should already know how

[duckman1911]

Originally Posted by keakar

yep, I got the work truck 2WT (chrome package) regular cab short bed 1500 with 3.08 gears and the 17" steel wheels and ss hub caps and towing package

man I would love to be able to turn that feature off, my inlaws truck does it too and its a few years old so I would guess if it can be turned off someone should already know how

Have you looked in your owners manual to see if the auto unlock feature can be changed by using your control panel?

[keakar]

Originally Posted by duckman1911

Have you looked in your owners manual to see if the auto unlock feature can be changed by using your control panel?

im a guy, we don't read instructions or owns manuals we just figure things out on our own

no I haven't read the 150 page manual but its worth a shot, I hadn't even thought about that because I just assumed you cant turn off safety features like the child protective auto lock feature.

I went put another 300 miles on it today so I meet their required 500 miles to fix the tires and this time I paid super extra careful attention to the vibration and its all 100% in the seat and nothing is coming from the steering wheel, the seat was shaking me so I thought the steering had a little vibration too but with a light fingertip feel I could tell the wheel is rock solid smooth so its the back end as in rear tires or drive train issue

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by keakar

im a guy, we don't read instructions or owns manuals we just figure things out on our own

no I haven't read the 150 page manual but its worth a shot, I hadn't even thought about that because I just assumed you cant turn off safety features like the child protective auto lock feature.

I went put another 300 miles on it today so I meet their required 500 miles to fix the tires and this time I paid super extra careful attention to the vibration and its all 100% in the seat and nothing is coming from the steering wheel, the seat was shaking me so I thought the steering had a little vibration too but with a light fingertip feel I could tell the wheel is rock solid smooth so its the back end as in rear tires or drive train issue

Something to think about or try............

If you think it is the back tire problem, swap the tires and see if the vibration changes to the front or stays in the back.

[keakar]

update:

spent 9 hours at the dealership today

first from 7:30 to 9 am it took for them to say GM suggested to RF balance all 4 tires. that's what I was told they were already going to do last time (Thursday) as soon as I put enough miles on it and it took them 90 minutes to rediscover this lost knowledge of what to do next?

so now its 9 am and of course their RF balance machine is broke so they have to bring it to another dealership to have it done but now im at the back of the line at the other dealership with like 12 people ahead of me.

around 12 they tell me the truck is back and all 4 tires were "way out" as they put it and so we test drive it and it wasn't bad but still had a slight vibration so I said to go ahead and put on a new set of tires since they offered to do that.

4 hours later the test drive now has vibration at 60 mph instead of 70 so the guy says "I guess we need to RF balance them.

what the heck, you put a new set of tires and don't balance them the way GM says you need to and this after taking 4 hours to replace 4 tires.

so now its 4:30 and too late to send it out and get it back today so I was given rental to go home and they will get it RF balanced tomorrow and if that doesn't solve it they said maybe they could try a different brand or tires on it. so far not everything they mention ends up being a real option but it does seam to be a tire issue since changing things with the tires changes the circumstances and intensity of the vibration.

@ duckman1911 - the service manager reset the door lock thing for me so that's fixed but he didn't know if he could or how to set it to auto lock itself if the key isn't in the ignition and its left unlocked

[ski]

Your truck would not happen to have the towing package would it?

[keakar]

Originally Posted by ski

Your truck would not happen to have the towing package would it?

yep, but from what I saw in the online complaints its a gambit of all of them from 2wd to 4wd and regular cab to crew cab and extended cabs all seam to have a group of vehicles doing this with or without towing packages and there are two tire brands involved, the bridgestones duelers and the goodyears.

from what I saw in the online complaints, a few people have come across details showing the tires being put on the new trucks is a much lower quality of speed, load, and temperature ratings then the ones you go buy retail so while its a guess, I think its all caused by really crappy tires and also poor quality rims being cast instead of turned which makes them harder to balance even though in my case I have the steel wheels.

IMO it also appears they don't balance the tires at the factory because this new electronic assist power steering is "suppose" to absorb vibration from out of balance tires

its also affecting trucks with steel whells or aluminum and in all sizes 17", 18" and 20"