First off any and all help is greatly appreciated. I took my car in for a suspension thud in the front end of the vehicle after hitting a pot hole. The dealership told me that they "think" it the compression rod bushings have loosened up and that is causing my noise. I was informed that due to the pot hole the items are not covered under warranty and that the vehicle would need an alignment afterwards for a total cost of $535.00. Now my question is why wouldn't this be covered under the manufactures warranty. I told them about the pot hole incident and maybe I shouldnt have since they are using that as a leverage point against the warranty covering the damage. So my question is should I argue to have it warrantied or just suck it up and pay for it and hope that it fixes the noise? Thanks again.

 

id take it to another dealer, and not mention the pot hole incident, thats why they are charging you.

 

there is a service bulletin about compression rod bushings. Head over to infinitihelp.com and look it up. The thud/squeak/grinding sound is described in the bulletin. The pothole only help this badly designed bushing fail earlier than it already will.

 

Thank you all for the fast help!!! I found the TSB and called the dealership back and I am now being taken care of under warranty.