Anyone Experience Total upper/lower front Control Arm Failure While Operating at Low Speeds? 2021 1500 Laramie Longhorn

[recklessconduct]

I had a 2" leveling kit professionally installed on the front end of my 2021 Laramie longhorn 1500. I also upgraded all 4 tires to Toyo Open Country RT 305 55 R20's. All this was done at approximately 36,000 miles. At approximately 60,000 miles I began to notice a periodic steering wobble during hard acceleration at speeds over 50 mph but no noises, squeaks, creaks, etc to indicate issues until I was driving through a shopping center parking lot at speeds under 7 mph and my entire right wheel assembly falls completely off the truck.
My dealership quoted me $16,000 to repair the damage. Yes, sixteen thousand dollars! I have a friend who builds custom 4X4 systems who fixed it for $2100, using quality aftermarket parts. He said the MOPAR parts were complete garbage. Six months later the drivers side wheel assembly fell completely off in the Dodge dealership garage bay AFTER they allegedly inspected & said it was okay during servicing.

 

[jl13]

I don't think I would call this a common issue but it is a known issue on both the 4th and 5ft gen.
I have seen this happen to atleast 3 members here. At parking lots. Maybe others will give you some feedback on cost, etc
For this reason I changed to aftermarket uca's.

 

[jl13]

If you are going to keep the lift after you fix it. For sure upgrade uca's and if you are running the top hat lift spacer consider doing adjustbale struts like the bilsteins 5100.
See pics, the angle on the uca's improve with the upgrade, its less stress on the ball joint. And more metal than plastic

 

[HSKR R/T]

Looks like it was a cheap top hat spacer level. Didn't change UCAs. Ball joints failed due to increased stress of different suspension geometry. When you had your fried "fix" your passenger side, he should have inspected the driver's side at the same time and "fixed" that as well. As other have mentioned, get yourself some proper aftermarket UCAs, and a better level kit that doesn't use spacers.