control arm bushings cracking

sapanp9 · #1 04-24-2007, 10:46 PM

i was at the dealer today getting new brakes put on. he told me that my control arm bushing are cracking and need to be replaced and i was quoted 500 dollers. i have cpo and maintence till 100k and i asked him if it was covered and he said the cpo warrany does not honor control arm bushing. now the question i have is are they covered or not?

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BimmerDude · #2 04-25-2007, 12:53 AM

I would think so. I had mine done a month ago and I had it covered under my extended warranty... I feel it should...

Tomaz · #3 04-25-2007, 10:35 AM

I just had the same procedure and same question. I did find in the small print of the CPO warranty that the bushings were not covered. My job cost $700 for the two bushings

///Manuel · #4 04-25-2007, 02:09 PM

Yeah it really is odd, lots of things aren't covered which you feel should be covered. It makes you wonder about the quality of coverage...

Lotus Man · #5 04-25-2007, 04:46 PM

Is it visible? Can you post pictures of the cracked bushings? I'm worried about mine now...thanks!

'03 3.0i, with 76k miles.

The Cleaner · #6 04-25-2007, 06:48 PM

No bushings? thats a big class of parts

vinuneuro · #7 04-25-2007, 06:54 PM

This is why CPO is next to useless...seems like unless the problem is something major, powertrain/drivetrain, they don't cover you on anything. Best of luck.

sapanp9 · #8 04-25-2007, 07:17 PM

well i called him this morning to find out which ones were bad the front or the rear and he said the front. so i went underneath the car and i checked everything i mean everything i was down there for a while and saw no cracks anywhere on the bushings. so iam wondering if he was giving me bs. what are the symptoms to cracked bushings?