Suspension failure 6,000 miles

[mikewelsh75]

Brand new off the lot 2025 Laramie, Hurricane v6, 5,500 miles. Highway use only. Turned corner and... this... anyone else have catastrophic suspension issues and where do we go from here?

 

[Yardbird]

Dang.......That could have been very serious.

Did it just break off during a turn, or has it hit anything like a curb?

 

[mikewelsh75]

Dang.......That could have been very serious.

Did it just break off during a turn, or has it hit anything like a curb?

No specific issues or things I could point to that would suggest damage at all, ran like a champ until now, no shimmy or shaking, nothing unusual. Broke off merging on the highway

 

[Yardbird]

No specific issues or things I could point to that would suggest damage at all, ran like a champ until now, no shimmy or shaking, nothing unusual. Broke off merging on the highway

Be sure to report this to NHTSA. This could be the start of a major recall, and injuries and deaths.

Something like that is very dangerous.

 

[Dean2]

Glad you didn't get hurt. Definitely report it to NTSA.

Seems to be an awful lot of rust for such a new unit. My 2021 2500 had 30,000 miles, Alberta uses a fair amount of salt, and I have nowhere near that kind of issue with rust.

 

[Yardbird]

https://www.nhtsa.gov/report-a-safety-problem

 

[huntergreen]

I’d have it towed to the dealer.

 

[Yardbird]

It's hard to tell if the lower ball joint went first or the steering knuckle broke first. Either could take out the other.

 

[mikewelsh75]

I’d have it towed to the dealer.

Happening as we speak!

 

[Yardbird]

I’d have it towed to the dealer.

Definitely report it to NHTSA. The dealer (mainly Stellantis) will try to cover this up.

Get plenty of pictures at every failure point and angle. Cover your butt on this.

 

[rzr6-4]

It's hard to tell if the lower ball joint went first or the steering knuckle broke first. Either could take out the other.

I'm thinking a lower going first would be more likely to break off the upper than a knuckle. Makes me think the knuckle went first and that took out the lower. Bad casting.

 

[Curmudgeon]

Glad you didn't get hurt. Definitely report it to NTSA.

Seems to be an awful lot of rust for such a new unit. My 2021 2500 had 30,000 miles, Alberta uses a fair amount of salt, and I have nowhere near that kind of issue with rust.

That was my first thought too, rust? But really zoom in close, I think it's just mud spray.

 

[Burla]

It was probably just a bad part, this isn't a known issue. At some point maybe now you can upgrade all the control arms.

 

[Yardbird]

I have a feeling the dealer and the mother ship will try to say you hit something. That's why you need pictures where it sits before moving.

 

[Magfan2]

Wow! Glad you are O.K.! Here I was worried about buying a 2014, thinking I should have sprung for new.

 

[Dean2]

That was my first thought too, rust? But really zoom in close, I think it's just mud spray.

Could be mud. That would be a lot better than rust.

 

[mikewelsh75]

It was probably just a bad part, this isn't a known issue. At some point maybe now you can upgrade all the control arms.

A bad part? I guess that's one way to put it. I'd call it dangerously poor quality boarding on criminal negligence. I shouldn't have to upgrade suspension on a brand new vehicle to do something as mundane like... TURNING LEFT.

 

[Burla]

A bad part? I guess that's one way to put it. I'd call it dangerously poor quality boarding on criminal negligence. I shouldn't have to upgrade suspension on a brand new vehicle to do something as mundane like... TURNING LEFT.

I'm on your side, but yes if this was a widespread thing it would be different, but this is the first time I heard of anything like this and I've been on the forum for a minute or two. Maybe 1 out of 10,000 control arms are casted wrongly, maybe 1 out of 100,000? You were the lucky one, it happens, glad you are ok. Many people upgrade control arms, that was my only point, especially if you lift it or even level it that is a very popular upgrade.

 

[mikewelsh75]

A bad part? I guess that's one way to put it. I'd call it dangerously poor quality boarding on criminal negligence. I shouldn't have to upgrade suspension on a brand new vehicle to do something as mundane like... TURNING LEFT.

We are just happy no one got hurt at this point... we will see what the dealership has to say

 

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