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Old Oct 22, 2010 | 03:34 PM
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Control Arm & Sway Bar Links

My car has been making the most god-awful clunking noises for months and I took it in and was told that both the right front control arm and the sway bar links needed to be replaced. I'm the second owner and the car has only 33,500 miles and i've already had to replace bushings in the left front control arm. I'm pretty angry at the fact that all of these components are failing when my car has such little miles. On top of all that the steering column is making noises too and I was told it was the I-shaft, ugh. Have any of you guys had to do these kinds of repairs this early on with your cars?
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Old Oct 22, 2010 | 03:37 PM
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Yup, I bought mine with almost exactly 30K miles on it and it made that noise from the day I got it.
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Old Oct 22, 2010 | 07:25 PM
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ive had my 07 ls from new, right now it has 22k miles on it and lets just say i'm putting new end links on it when i put my other springs on it.
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Old Oct 22, 2010 | 07:54 PM
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My car has 100k on it and its barly making the clunking sounds I guess I need to replace my bushings n sway bar links
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Old Oct 23, 2010 | 05:51 PM
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The dealer did mine yesterday. 29k
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Old Oct 24, 2010 | 12:01 PM
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Fortunately the aftermarket endlinks (ie, Moog) tend to be better quality and aren't made out of pot metal like the factory ones seem to be.
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Old Oct 25, 2010 | 12:21 AM
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Definitely doing the work myself, the dealership wants to charge me $600 for the control arm and sway bar links to be installed...no thanks
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