Only 10k miles, bad front u joint says the dealer..

[Justin says...]

At low speeds with the window down, I can hear a swish swish swish rubbing noise coming from the front left area. Was able to reproduce the noise with engine off coasting down hill.

It took two attempts, but I got the dealership mechanic to hear it as well. 15min later they diagnosed it as a bad u joint and will replace that front right axle.

Anybody else have this issue? Problems like this so early on make me a little nervous about the reliability but we'll see.

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[Loweredon33s]

Good thing you don’t have any U joints on the axles…. CV joints have been known to fail, especially when leveled but even when stock.

 

[pwrplay]

Its definitely possible but why are they replacing the right axle if the sound is coming from the left?

 

[Justin says...]

Sorry I meant front left. That's where the noise is and that's the "u joint" they're replacing. Their words not mine. I guess they mean cv axle.

And the truck is totally stock.

 

[jeff81]

I wouldn’t stress about. There are always going to be bad parts. CV’s only need a little contamination during assembly fail early. Be glad that caught it early. Many people would only drive with the radio on and never notice it until it starts clunking.

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