Vibration and Code 13

tbauer03

TRBOBOX
Ok Truck started vibrating going down the highway and will virbate at speeds above 50 mph thinking a wheel or something may have lost a weight and become unbalanced or a it is something in the drivetrain? But once i started getting this vibe i got a check engine light about 5 min after first feeling the vibe. I parked it then came back to it the next day checked the code it was code 13. Cleared the ecm and hooked up datamaster and i was able to get the code again after driving around for 20minutes. before the code the Truck was running fine according to datamaster but was still vibrating at highway speeds. once it trips the code i notice a slight increase in engine temp goes from like 160 to 180 and then the check engine light dissappears after 30 seconds. Anyway what do i need to do to troubleshoot this and could the vibration be related to this code coming up or is it simply an imbalanced wheel. I will get the wheels balanced sometime this weekend to hopefully rule some things out, but until then i was wanting to hear from you guys i got the datamaster file if someone wants to look at i can e-mail it or if someone could host it that would be great.
 

wantingasy

Active member
Re: Vibration and Code 13

Check the driveshafts/bushing around there. May be getting old and finally gave out :2cents:
 

leroy

Donating Member
Re: Vibration and Code 13

Ted,

I don't think the code is related to the shudder. That code should be disabled since you installed the wideband, and are running open loop. Remind me next time you're around.

The front propshaft can cause a shudder also. I have a spare, if you want to do a substitution test.

Jim
 
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