MCExpy10
Member
I was doing some searching around on the forums here and think I may have a few of the common problems our trucks have. I've been fighting with the dealership on this since we bought it (we have an extended warranty). It's a 2010 with 105,000 miles on it.
When sitting at a stoplight, you can feel the uneven motor vibrations through the car as your sitting. I think it might be a bad motor mount.
If you're at cruising speed on the freeway and you go to pass (and put your foot all the way down on the accelerator) it takes probably 3-4 full seconds to downshift and apply power. I asked about this a while back and the agreement on the forums here was to gradually put your foot down and it would start downshifting as I put my foot to the floor. That definitely helps. Cuts about a second off.
I think this is also related, under full acceleration from a dead stop, a few of the gear changes bring the truck up to "redline" and it seems like a fuel cut-off. I'm not really sure what redline is on the truck because the gauge doesn't have any markings. I assume 6500? So I'll be fully accelerating being pushed into the back of my seat, then it seems like it fuel cuts and pushes me forward (almost as if someone were to tap the brakes relatively hard), then it shifts and repeats. LOL!
I really do like this truck, but I feel like it's going to take me to the cleaners after the warranty is up... Tows like a dream though, which is why we bought it.
When sitting at a stoplight, you can feel the uneven motor vibrations through the car as your sitting. I think it might be a bad motor mount.
If you're at cruising speed on the freeway and you go to pass (and put your foot all the way down on the accelerator) it takes probably 3-4 full seconds to downshift and apply power. I asked about this a while back and the agreement on the forums here was to gradually put your foot down and it would start downshifting as I put my foot to the floor. That definitely helps. Cuts about a second off.
I think this is also related, under full acceleration from a dead stop, a few of the gear changes bring the truck up to "redline" and it seems like a fuel cut-off. I'm not really sure what redline is on the truck because the gauge doesn't have any markings. I assume 6500? So I'll be fully accelerating being pushed into the back of my seat, then it seems like it fuel cuts and pushes me forward (almost as if someone were to tap the brakes relatively hard), then it shifts and repeats. LOL!
I really do like this truck, but I feel like it's going to take me to the cleaners after the warranty is up... Tows like a dream though, which is why we bought it.