My point being that you could have gotten the parts at cost from GMPartsDirect.com or RockAuto.com, put them on yourself or, if you aren't of the mechanical persuation, had your mechanic put them on for you and not wasted 2 days of your time. I could have completed the repair in 1 day at a cost to me of literally less than $300 and that's with new parts. Could be done even cheaper with a used control arm.

Whatever works for you, but I was just letting you know what my experiences have been and I have never gotten anything out of a dealership especially on a 5+ year old vehicle. You got lucky. Either that or you know someone at the dealership. Good for you, but it will not always happen that way. I was just being realistic. With the tone you were taking at the start of this thread, if you used that same tone at a dealership, it would be sure to get you no where.

Again, good for you that you got them to cut you some kind of break.

Still haven't answered my questions though. Did you buy it new? How many miles are on it? Simple enough questions. Also, how much is this repair going to cost you?

 

91,000 miles, I do all my own work for the past 35 years and have competed in Super Stock racing for 15 years with a 68 Hemi Cuda when I was yoounger and drag bikes. May be going back to drag bikes next year. And I did check that site and others and the parts from the dealer were 197.00 dollers less at the dealer and no shipping cost. Those are not true wholsale prices. And the Cadilac was 7 years old with 73,000 miles and was service by GM only including oil changes. I also keep perfect computer records of all my maintance on my vehicales and power equipment which is a plus. I tried to find some after market lower A arms and all the ones I located were for lifting the suspension up which I did not want.
Have A Good Day

 

Sounds good. I've been into the local dirt track racing for the past 3 years working on a friends car (he drives, we fix it when he breaks it). I also had some fun with drag sleds (snowmobiles). Talk about fun! Literally have to strap your hands onto the handle bars to stay on the damn thing! Fun as hell!

It's fun, but I just got a new job that will require a move as soon as I can find a house for my family to move into. Starting Monday I'll be driving 200 miles a day. Once we find a place to live, I'll probably start the tear down on my Chevelle since I will be living close to my parents farm again.

The price I quoted was from GMPD.com, but I can get parts cheaper from a dealer friend here as well. I can't stand having someone do the work for me that I can do myself (if I have the tools required). I can do anything at in my dad's shop, but here at my house... I can only do so much without a cherry picker or air tools.

By no means was I trying to say that you were wrong. I was just trying to save you some time and I know how much my time costs. It's cheaper to not waste my time and do it all myself than it is to mess around.

 

Interesting thread for sure.

I have 2 S10-Blazers ('87 & '00) that I have taken 4wheeling and both are used as DD. I have never had a problem with the lower a-arms failing. Its hard to see in the pics, was this a instant total failure? How clean is the crack(s)? If it was a hairline crack it would be covered in rust. Glad GM was willing to help you out. I do agree that it is a rare thing to happen, espeically in such a total failure. Also gald nobody got hurt. I could see where some impuritites in the manufacturing process could have a side effect like yours. Glad it is a rare thing. Seems almost impossible that it would fail like that, I wouldn't believe it unless I saw it.
Thanks for the pics.

 

I think this got a little heated because of the implication of a possible lawsuit(?) There is a fine line between persistance and bullheadedness. Atleast once a month I have to send copies of patients medical records to a law office. The patient almost always is basing an accident on the "what if" and I'll tell you that these "what if's" ALWAYS lose in a court of law. My advise is to count your blessings and don't go through life in 'woulda,coulda, shoulda' mode. I 100% applaud persistance if applied in a fair and I guess 'friendly' manner. However I cannot stand the person with the huge sense of entitlement who constantly points out the "what if that HAD happened?!" Well it didn't and isn't THAT great. No one got hurt and your persistance paid off. I just hope that the right people were treated with gratitude. Sorry but I'm just sick of dealing with greedy, lazy people who just want handouts. Accidents happen, sh*t breaks, and that's life.

 

my buddy had the whole crossmember under his engine break in half on a 80's caprice. **** does happen. of course he junked the car but not before putting every effort into repairing it. he even welded it up with some iron but it didn't last long. after a point he said oh well.

 

My wife also works in teh medical field. She gets some nuts.

 

The nuts that we get are from Russia. They're older when they come to the U.S. , they don't speak english and right away get on Social Security, Medicaid/Medicare, and monthly stipends of $600 plus food stamps. You'd think they'd be happy. They complain about everything (getting them to pay a $5 copay is like pulling teeth), and they are SUE HAPPY. They want to sue everybody for something. We've got insurance up the butt to protect ourselves. My husband hesitates doing surgery on them, you never know with them...I'm not saying every single one is like that, but enough to leave a sour taste in your mouth.
My husband had to replace the stabilizer link on his '97 Dodge Dakota yesterday. The bolt was sheared off. Why? Who knows, it's older. It was something he could fix himself so that's a good thing. It's passed the 100,000 mile mark, seems like things are going wrong with it atleast monthly now.