Upper Control Arm Bushing Change?
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Woah! That sound a little expensive to me. Granted my Mercedes Benz mechanic is a friend of mine but I paid around $300 for the installation of my H&R Springs, Bilstein Shocks and new control arm bushings. The Benz shop is in Winnetka in the San Fernando Valley so if you need a good mechanic, please let me know...
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I have to get the lower control arm bushing done on my C class too. But $500! Damn, that's a lot of money. I too want to know how long they typically last. I'm wondering if they're covered under my Starmark warranty. I don't think they should screw up at only 50K miles.
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Sometimes I get a little excited and do some aggressive driving, but nothing that would warrant suspension breakage. I'd say about 90 percent of the time I drive it easy. So what do you think? If 50k is too soon then I would think Benz would cover it. I'm taking it in for it's 60k service next week and find out.
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I would also assume that Mercedes would cover it but I don't know the details of your warranty. If you are still covered under the bumper to bumper extended warranty then I would make Mercedes change the bushings free of charge. Starmark warranty is not one that I am familiar with so you need to check the details. Good luck...
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I looked over the warranty papers for Starmark this morning and it says that both the lower control arm and upper control arm bushing are covered. So I will take it in this week for 60k service and get it fixed.
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