Originally Posted by
ZX2 Nick
An inch or two of play and you couldn't feel anything was loose or "not right" while driving? It would feel like Armageddon driving any car with an issue like that.
Parts can certainly wear over time, and you may not know the cars maintenance history if bought used, but that's out of left field. My Crossfire just recently passed 100,000 with 88,000 of those miles under my care and the steering/suspension has no issues at all.
I know (from experience) that the steering linkage does have some slop when there is no weight on the wheels (car jacked up or on a lift) and the steering wheel is all the way left or right at full lock but that goes away completely except under those conditions.
Something doesn't sound right, especially on a car with such low mileage.
Nick is right, this is all B.S. Your 'mechanic' is either ignorant or deceptive.
By now, your car needs a steering stabilizer - cost is around $48 and can be changed in less then ten minutes, including time required to put the car up on ramps. I did mine yesterday, made all the difference in the world! I posted here yesterday, see post 541 (or read the whole thread):
https://www.crossfireforum.org/forum...prised-28.html
No car, of any make, needs all that work at such low mileage, unless it has been abused severely. This is asinine.
Same thing happened to me at "NTB" in Cumming, GA back in 2016. The guy tried to convince me that all of my steering parts had to be changed or "Your new tires will be ruined in ten miles..."
He got told off in front of a room full of customers, at high volume.