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Old 05-11-2010, 12:11 AM
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I had driven about a mile away from my house when my truck started acting up. My check engine light started flashing, then the truck started woobling, then it started flashing: stabilatrak off and service stabilitrak. What the heck happened to my truck in that one mile? Well I pulled over opened up the hood and nothing seemed out of place. Shut the hood and turn the truck back on and the truck was still woobling. I drove about a block towards my cousins house, parked it, and got a ride from him to get to school.

I wont see my truck till tomorow so I have no way of getting in there and checking it out. What could be wrong?

I did notice that when I would put it in D it would go really lean and the wobbling would get worse. When I would almost come to a complete stop, it would also start wobbling really bad. I also noticed that when I would accelerate from a complete stop it wouldnt go forward like normal (like I was taking off slowly from 1st gear) and once I got to about 10mph it would jump forward like if i had floored it.?????

Anyone know what could be wrong?
Old 05-11-2010, 12:44 AM
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by wobbling you mean the whole truck was shaking or the steering wheel?

pull the diff cover and look for debris.
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What year is it? If it's DBW it sounds like TAC module went south or the harness for it got loose, or a bad TPS? Sounds throttle/computer related to me.
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yeah by woobling I meant the whole truck was shaking not the steering wheel. (i didnt know how else to say it)

its an 09 rcsb silverado
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i wont be able to do nothing until tomorrow afternoon

just wanted to see if anyone had run into this before so that I could get an idea of wat is going on
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Can you tell if the wobble is motor related or if it's drive-line related?
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Loose wheels ???
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Originally Posted by FrankyRST
I also noticed that when I would accelerate from a complete stop it wouldnt go forward like normal (like I was taking off slowly from 1st gear) and once I got to about 10mph it would jump forward like if i had floored it.?????

Anyone know what could be wrong?
Torque converter went poopie?
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Originally Posted by Spoolin
Can you tell if the wobble is motor related or if it's drive-line related?
thats the problem, it felt like a little of both. It would have a rough idle and once I would get it going the rear end felt like it was going to fall off.

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Loose wheels ???
I get what you mean but idk how it could be. I hadnt touched or driven the truck for 2 days since that afternoon.

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Torque converter went poopie?
probably, I just dont understand how it could of taken a crap without me doing anything to it. At least it would if been nice to say, "yeah I messed up my truck doing some donuts" or something, but it had been parked for a couple of days

for some reason, I keep thinking it could be the driveshaft, i dont have a reason though.
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Kinda sounds like multiple problems them. The driveshaft and rear end arent moving at idle, so its not those, but they do sound like the culprit when you are moving....


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