What would make it so when I am heading down the freeway and start to apply the brakes on my truck that the whole truck to shake. It is most noticable when I let go of the steering wheel and apply the brakes... The steering wheel shutters!

I am thinking it has something to do with the brakes\rotors... I am going to take it in soon for my scheduled maintenace and tell them this problems also.

Any ideas what this could be would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

 

More than likely it's a warped rotor, or your rotor has "hot spots" where the steel has impurities that make areas a little softer. Nothing to worry about from a safety standpoint, but you should get it taken care since it is annoying, and the truck is new. Should be a pretty easy fix and shouldn't take long for the dealer to do.

BTW, stop letting go of the steering wheel while you are driving!

 

My Silverado did the same thing at 40k miles. Had the brake rotors machined ($20) and the problem went away. Also had a 96 Mustang do the same thing. Ford took care of it under warranty.

 

Yep, most would agree the problem is warped rotors. They often happen on new vehicles if the brakes are not broken it (gentle treatment for the 1st 1000 miles) or, for example, VERY HARD application (e.g. emergency stop) and then the vehicle sits stopped for awhile with the hot brake calipers hugging the hot rotor (mucho heat, mucho warping on the concentrated hot spot). One of the break-in tricks is when at a stop, let the vehicle advance slowly to rotate the rotors after stopping to avoid the hot spot.

 

When I had my truck in for service (and that was not one of the problems I had noticed), the service director test drove the truck and said he noticed the same problem, so they machined the rotors.