Is there a reason the sway bar and control arm on a 2000 Dodge Grand Caravan would keep wearing out?
I was hit in 2000. My 2000 Dodge Converted Grand Caravan sustained ~$16,000.00 of damage. Repairs were arranged through Nationwide at a Blue Ribbon Preferred Service Provider. I kept hearing a noise I thought was the brakes but they always checked out fine. It turned out the sway bar and control arm were out of whack. I found documents showing where the mechanic realized this in 2002. They re-torqued it (2002) and kept adjusting it to reduce the creak until it snapped ~4 years (2004) after the accident. We did call the insurance adjustors and they said I must have "hit something" again. I had not but we did not push it and paid $1300.00 to get it fixed out of pocket. Now 3 years later the sway bar and subframe and control arm are gone again. The car is in align, well maintained, the tires are wearing fine but the subframe is not right. Is there any reason why this would be happening to this car?
If the subframes keep checking out ok, then its time to put the unibody on a rack and have it checked.
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