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Are there any known recalls for control arms ?

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My 2014  sierra  only has 57366  km (  just under 36000 miles)  i'm retired so i don't drive it much  it basically  sits in the driveway  gets to the grocery store once a week and household errands .  have to replace upper & lower control arms  and ball joints    the aluminum ones  anyone  know if there was ever a recall on these ?  Yeah i know the truck is 9 years old  but the parts should last more than 36000 miles. Please let me know   being retired i really can't afford the $3,500 it's going to cost to repair it 

Snowcamo Senior Enthusiast

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Not sure of any recalls, but all years have bj issues... 

 

$3,500 is Uber steep. Buy the new control arms from rock auto and have a local small shop swap them. You'll be out less then $1,000usd. Thats including an alignment after that is a must.

 

By far Less money spent and better overall end result.

 

May you be blessed. If you were local I would swap them for you.

 

 

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Thanks for the info  .  But i kind of got trapped by the dealership once they took it apart to diagnose  they said they couldn't  put it back together with the  original parts for  safety reasons.

Snowcamo Senior Enthusiast

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Your not locked in. 

 

Just pay the diagnostic fee or whatever they charge and tow it elsewhere. Otherwise your stuck with weak gm parts for $500 Bob lol.  

 

May you be blessed.

rav3 Senior Enthusiast

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Boy that sucks. I'm not aware of any extended warranty/recall from GM on this. In my opinion, they could have determined excess play/wear without disassembly. This does sound HIGH to me, but I haven't searched for parts cost on GM parts. If it were me, I'd demand that they reassemble & that I'd sign a disclaimer to release them from any issue that they claim & take it to a good independent shop. Call around to see what someone else would charge for this.

Good luck & keep us posted

Yotaman Enthusiast

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In my opinion GM uses cheap as they can find suspension parts. My 2014 had a ball joint getting loose and the local tire shop wanted 700 to replace both upper ball joints. I came home and found I could buy Moog Problem solver ( Higher grade ) upper and lower arms with greaseable ball joints both side for around 600 from Rockauto so I did it myself. I would go with Snowcamo's advice and get a quote and you supply the hardware.

best of luck.

 

Yotaman

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