First 24 hours with the Raptor

[Jr24]

I’ve had my ‘18 Raptor for about 11 months and 9k miles now. I came from a Tundra which was leveled and had 33’s, and maybe I’m just lucky, but I have found my Raptor to ride much smoother than the Tundra did, so opefully your vibration is just a tire balance issue.

As to the steering, I will say that at first, it seemed like my Raptor wanted to wander on the highway, but I don’t notice it now, so I don’t know if I’ve just gotten used to it or if the suspension settled a little bit. FYI, Mine did not sit before I got it. I special ordered it and picked it up the day it arrived at the dealer which was only 11 days after the build date.

 

[1roadking]

Mine had the same problem and it was tire balance. They had to roadforce balance the tires twice and got it perfect the 2nd time. It took hours and several times indexing them. The transmission smooths out a lot over time but is still not perfect with 6000 miles.

 

[j3ff]

Haha! Lane Keeping System sounds exactly like the OPs issue. Same thing for me, I thought I was hitting bumps and getting hella feedback in the steering wheel. Turned out to be the truck telling me I was swerving.

To the OP , the steering wheel vibrates when the truck detects you are getting to close to the lines on the road. Only happens above a certain speed and when the computer can detect lines on the road.

i'd almost bet this is the issue you are experiencing. i couldn't figure it out at first. if the shaking coincides with the lane indicator line turning red, you're looking at the culprit.

 

[POOPonYOU]

LOL
I have no doubt I'm gonna laugh out loud when I see the next Ram Sport in the flesh.

Oink!!! oink!!!

 

[smurfslayer]

rides like a f'n farm truck on the hi-way
don't get me started on wind noise & whistling
10spd leaves a lot to be desired
traded for a Rebel 12

as Rob Ski would say: “Enough with the ******** talk”.

so, what did you break, or what broke on the Rap that you traded, and probably didn’t “fully” disclose to the unsuspecting Mopar dealer? Or was it that you broke something that you modded and Ford wouldn’t pay for it?

Because you’ve been sour graping around here in your own little sasquatch77 like fantasy land since you got the new Dodge.

The deal’s already done, so you can fess up. No judgment.

I love the farm truck comment. Maybe yours rode like a farm truck with the poorly chosen tires / wheels. Wind noise and whistling. Again, what did you do?

If you were really satisfied with your trade, you’d have been long gone by now, but you keep hanging around seemingly trying to convince yourself and everyone else who will read your posts that you got such a killer deal and the numerical inferiority of your new vehicle is irrelevant. Hell, if you’re happy with the truck you have to drive, great. Go forth and drive it. Maybe if you did more, you wouldn’t need to convince yourself that the Dodge was the right truck for you.

 

[Jake17]

^ if that wasn't a totally nonsensical boring lecture
hardly entertaining
FTW 17Jake in with a bang...Jake17 out with a bang...LMAO for 2yrs

 

[Onemoosehorn]

as Rob Ski would say: “Enough with the ******** talk”.

so, what did you break, or what broke on the Rap that you traded, and probably didn’t “fully” disclose to the unsuspecting Mopar dealer? Or was it that you broke something that you modded and Ford wouldn’t pay for it?

Because you’ve been sour graping around here in your own little sasquatch77 like fantasy land since you got the new Dodge.

The deal’s already done, so you can fess up. No judgment.

I love the farm truck comment. Maybe yours rode like a farm truck with the poorly chosen tires / wheels. Wind noise and whistling. Again, what did you do?

If you were really satisfied with your trade, you’d have been long gone by now, but you keep hanging around seemingly trying to convince yourself and everyone else who will read your posts that you got such a killer deal and the numerical inferiority of your new vehicle is irrelevant. Hell, if you’re happy with the truck you have to drive, great. Go forth and drive it. Maybe if you did more, you wouldn’t need to convince yourself that the Dodge was the right truck for you.

Amen!!

 

[Sick03SVT]

Ford had to replace all 4 of my tries. After 3 attempts at road force balancing the best they could get them to was about 60lbs. Tires had bad flat spots from sitting. Very smooth now

 

[Raptor911]

I thought you were leaving the forum? Please leave this forum.

^ if that wasn't a totally nonsensical boring lecture
hardly entertaining
FTW 17Jake in with a bang...Jake17 out with a bang...LMAO for 2yrs
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[Jake17]

thought you was leavin'?

leave the thinkin' to me