1.5
hardly worth mentioning- Crashes / Fires:
- 0 / 0
- Injuries / Deaths:
- 0 / 0
- Average Mileage:
- 116,633 miles
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In the day or two prior to the event, the car felt out of alignment. In order to get the car to drive straight I had to keep the wheel turned ~15%. when I was driving on the highway at ~65mph, I hit an undulation in the road. This must have put increased load on the suspension component. All of a sudden the I heard a pop and the car started to go out of control. There was screeching from the tires and I struggled with the wheel to keep the car going straight as traffic was all around me. I managed to keep the car somewhat in control and merged to the shoulder where I came to a stop. It turned out the front passenger lower control arm had broken. The weld on it had corroded and it separated. This is vital to keeping the cars ability to steer. I got the part replaced, along with a new axle and sway bar end-link that were damaged in the incident. The total repair was over $1000.
- Somerville, MA, USA
The contact owns a 2002 Subaru Impreza WRX. While driving less than 5 mph in the driveway, the front end of the vehicle collapsed. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic where they stated that the front passenger side lower control arm was cracked. In addition, the front driver side lower control arm exhibited a stress hairline crack. The front passenger and driver side lower control arms were replaced on the vehicle. The failure mileage was 79,000.
- Dalton, PA, USA
- Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, 00, USA