bad lower control arm

[NYChevoo]

hey all, just putting this out there for interests sake. had my yearly inpsection done on my 04 sedan. bushings in left lower control were bad and apparently i had been driving it around for a while and did not notice it. the tech said it was fairly loose and he did not understand how i could have missed it. car still tracked straight, did not pull either way, and only once in a while did i hear a slight clunk, but never really paid much attention to it. i read somewhere that lower control arms were a common repair in the early aveos. it was $83.00 from the dealership. anybody heard about this before?

[genefitz]

That's a new one for me. Usually you feel something more, a slight wobble, a pull, something. May be something for some of the older aveo owners to take a look at.
A small repair ($83 is a small repair), could save from having costly repairs, and possible dammage on the front end, and possible wreck. Thanks for the heads up.

[y2dgone]

hey all, just putting this out there for interests sake. had my yearly inpsection done on my 04 sedan. bushings in left lower control were bad and apparently i had been driving it around for a while and did not notice it. the tech said it was fairly loose and he did not understand how i could have missed it. car still tracked straight, did not pull either way, and only once in a while did i hear a slight clunk, but never really paid much attention to it. i read somewhere that lower control arms were a common repair in the early aveos. it was $83.00 from the dealership. anybody heard about this before?

I bet that is one of the things wrong with my aveo, I'll have to have that looked at real soon

[o4aveohb]

The lower control arm was somewhat of a problem for my 04, I guess because its summer I don't hear the creaking noise but during winter its loud and the dealership said something about lower control arm bushing to stop the noise.

[mikedudley17]

you know i hear a "thu-thu-thu-thu-thu" noise when i drive my aveo. its quite loud and more prominent when im turning right slightly. could this be the problem? cus shoot, for 83$ ill change mine out if thats the prob. i thought it was maybe an out of balance tire so i put a dif. one on it and it still makes the noise. sorry for the hijack nychevoo!

[y2dgone]

hey all, just putting this out there for interests sake. had my yearly inpsection done on my 04 sedan. bushings in left lower control were bad and apparently i had been driving it around for a while and did not notice it. the tech said it was fairly loose and he did not understand how i could have missed it. car still tracked straight, did not pull either way, and only once in a while did i hear a slight clunk, but never really paid much attention to it. i read somewhere that lower control arms were a common repair in the early aveos. it was $83.00 from the dealership. anybody heard about this before?

$83 for the part, or is that parts and labor? Because I called my local stealership and they said it'd be like $312 to change it out

[NYChevoo]

the part was $83.00 + $93.00 labor.

[y2dgone]

the part was $83.00 + $93.00 labor.

And this was at a Chevy dealership? I may just have to go bust some heads

[NYChevoo]

this was at my local chevy dealership

[y2dgone]

Hey this may seem kind of wierd, but can you email me a copy of your receipt from your visit? I want to use it as leverage to any dealership that may want to overcharge me around here. The chevy dealership here in town wants to charge me $362 to do the drivers side (I made sure that was for 1 and not both sides)