Just got back from the dealership had one of those FREE inspection things. They weren't exactly happy to see my car roll in at that height but they didn't give me crap for it.

They inspected my bushings mainly and told me my driver's is showing signs of cracking but nothing serious. Told me its best to come back when its a little more worst. $500 ballpark to do one arm from them.... $350 just doing the bushing.




Not exactly the same but close enough, this would be a 350z, its one unit there.




If you have it in exact writing then they HAVE to cover it.

If its like a grey area... then it would depend on your relationship with that dealership. I know when they handed me the pamplet on extended warranties, it said it would not cover BUTTONS! like radio buttons, my many concern was the navi ****. Also doesn't cover interior squeaks and rattles.

 

Welp, I finally took my car in to a local shop.. Bought the bushing online for like $25 and the labor was $135. The front driver side bushing was definitely shot it had visible tears when we applied force to the arm with a crobar.

Turns out that my coilover was also loose, the main rod that has the dampening setting has a 17mm bolt at the top of the strut. We tightened this down as well and now the car is just like new!

I was very impressed with this shop and it was my first time going there, if you need the info I can PM it to you..

 

that bolt right under the dampening **** was loose?

 

Yep.
If you unscrew the actual dampening **** you can use an alan wrench to hold it in place while you tighten the 17mm bolt.

 

holy crap!!!!

thats pretty dangerous! Pretty poor on the megan to not loctite and secure that bolt down!!!! I never thought to check it because thats one of those things that SHOULD be done at the factory. I should go check mines out.

 

^^ Agreed!!

I even found a disclaimer on thier site:

"NOTE: Remember to torque the top 17mm nut at the top of all McPherson struts to 40-60ft/lbs with properly calibrated torque wrench. Improper torque specification can cause the assembly to come loose and cause symptomatic clunking noise, or may damage the threads on the shock shaft when overtorqued. When tightening the 12mm top nuts included with the coil-overs, torque them only to 24-34ft/lbs. With a 14mm nut, torque it to 33-42ft/lbs. The "crash bolts/eccentric bolts" holding the lower steel bracket onto the knuckle also needs specific torque specs, often upwards of 60-80ft/lbs. You will need to follow the OEM torque specifications for these bolts. Your local dealership should have these torque specifications for your particular vehicle. Torque specifications for these bolts are critical to the safe operation of your coil-overs on you vehicle. We recommend you double check these torque specs with the vehicle manufacturer. Please replace the bolts with brand new OEM hardware once torqued down to specification. Due to the nature of these bolts and the excessive loads it experiences, these bolts will stretch after repeated use, rendering the possibility of hardware failure. These are one-time-use only bolts. Failure to do so will void certain warranty applicability."

Nice, huh...

 

So they put a disclaimer on there instead of making their Quality control guys to confirm this. That just lowered my expectation of megans.

Normally when strut mount bolts come loose that means the mounts are bad.