New ball joints needed at 30,000 miles?
We have a 2012 Ram 2500. Just turned 30,000 miles. Brought it in for a recall and oil change, and found that both upper and lower ball joints are shot. Does that seem right? We only haul our 5th w...
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Our experience with shops and alignment is that many alignment shops are rip off artists.
Two examples DW took a car in for alignment and had to sign a statement that she was driving a unsafe vehicle against the shops advice because the complete front end was shot and could fall off of the car at any time. Took to the dealer could not find anything wrong and was fine for the next 6 years till it was sold.
Just recently our mechanic that could not do an alignment on our motorhome checked out the front end and found no problems. Took going to three alignment shops before we found one that did not claim that the front end needed major repairs.
So from our experience it is just as hard to find a honest alignment shop as finding a honest politician.
Two examples DW took a car in for alignment and had to sign a statement that she was driving a unsafe vehicle against the shops advice because the complete front end was shot and could fall off of the car at any time. Took to the dealer could not find anything wrong and was fine for the next 6 years till it was sold.
Just recently our mechanic that could not do an alignment on our motorhome checked out the front end and found no problems. Took going to three alignment shops before we found one that did not claim that the front end needed major repairs.
So from our experience it is just as hard to find a honest alignment shop as finding a honest politician.
