Front Suspension Control Arm Problems of Chevrolet Silverado 2500

Purchased the truck from car geeks and they said it was a great truck and we would have no problem towing our fifth wheel trailer. Well we took it on a trip to phoenix from tucson and we noticed that the truck was not handling very well when we got home I noticed that the passenger side tire was gouged out all the way around the inside bead of the tire also noticed that only the upper control arm had been replaced and nothing else. All of the front suspension was in really bad condition also. Along with the steering you can only turn the steering wheel a little ways.

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We had a life threatening event on October 19, 2011. The left lower control arm was broken and the right lower control arm was cracked ready to break. This was discovered when we went for a wheel alignment. We had to have them repair it immediately due to the danger of the problem. The pitman arm and idler arm needed to be replaced because of this problem. We don't have a Chevrolet dealership here. They said the lower control arms were defective. We use this truck only for pleasure, no hauling. We e-mailed the Chevrolet consumer support center and they gave us a service request number. We were requested by them to communicate by phone. We called them on October 21, 2011 and they requested the alignment shop's phone number. On October 25, 2011, they called us and said that this was not under warranty. They didn't seemed to be concerned that the parts were defective. We wanted to let you know of this dangerous problem since there may be more defective lower control arms. I still have the defective parts.

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