It should be under warranty. 4yr/60k miles warranty.

 

Interesting. I wonder if there is something else broken, because the rear wheel tilted severely, appeared to be off axis like this " /" x 2 , but it still remained in wheel well. It is hard to believe that the part holding the wheel in aligment is such a small pipe and only cost 30 dollar.

 

damn thats fcked up

 

This doesnt seem right....

This looks all wrong....

You have quite a bit of age and rust on the car....just 28k? Where you live?

 

With a clean break like that it seems someone sabotaged your vehicle. Even if a part like that had the capability to break through normal/abnormal use, it wouldn't break in that fashion.

 

What I find strange is the discoloration at the break area..As a mechanical designer I find these types of failures interesting. There apears to be no sign of monkey business ..in other word I don't think it was cut. The discoloration at the break area almost looks like heat produced as a result of repeated flexure. Strange that a piece of tubing would break in that manner.Curious to see what Infiniti has to say/does about it.

 

Isn't there another thread where someone's Kinetix arm broke in the same fashion? I'm pretty sure it was the same component. Could it be a flaw in the suspension design, or a production tolerance issue with the OEM part?

 

^^^

alot of kinetix crap breaks

 

Stop beatin the **** out of your car.

 

+1

It should dedinetly be covered by warranty! Thank God your and your car are alright!

 

it has happened in people with aftermarket arms, but this is a first for factory. Ive had those arms bent out of shape on my car..but it snapping in half is very rare.

 

That looks like it was heated before. Notice how it is warped.

Also, who the hell welds these parts. My grandma can lay a better bead than that.

(sorry for weird pic, did screen shot and it picked up both screens.)

 

make sure you get a free alignment when they replace that camber arm.

 

Seriously. The first thing I thought when I saw that was that it looked like a pipe-cutter had gone around it a couple times. Looks very suspicious to me. Especially with the other abrasions around the breaking point. Like it had been tampered with. Who knows! You have any mortal enemies hanging around?

But I think MountainPirate is on the money. Must've been a Monday at the plant. Too much sake the night before that weld LOL.