Sway bar link loose

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Yeah we’re fine, wife’s shoulder is a bit sore but other than that we’re ok. Monday hopefully we’ll see the adjuster and they can tell me if it’s fixable or not.
Good news (I suppose) is that we paid extra for “reimbursement costs for 30 months” so free replacement if they go that way.
The issue is that if they write it off, I’ll have to see if I can grab the skid plates. $1000 for the lift, $700 for the front skid plate and time and some $$ for the belly skid plate I fabbed up. So either they fix it, or I gotta lay on the ground at the towing yard.
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So for those who don't know, we have a 2021 badlands BS. Factory is 1.5" higher than a non-badlands and I had ford install the 1.5" RC kit at the dealership. The drivers side swaybar link is loose and starting to knock. 43,000km's on it, not sure if it's still under warranty. Anyone have any idea's? I'm guessing no but we bought it Jan 2022 so really it's only 2 years old.

As far as to whether the lift kit did anything, I'd say no on the lift kit, but I am curious if anyone else has had sway bar link issues, with or without a lift.

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So for those who don't know, we have a 2021 badlands BS. Factory is 1.5" higher than a non-badlands and I had ford install the 1.5" RC kit at the dealership. The drivers side swaybar link is loose and starting to knock. 43,000km's on it, not sure if it's still under warranty. Anyone have any idea's? I'm guessing no but we bought it Jan 2022 so really it's only 2 years old.

As far as to whether the lift kit did anything, I'd say no on the lift kit, but I am curious if anyone else has had sway bar link issues, with or without a lift.

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Good morning, I have a 2022 bronco sport with 15,000 miles on it. My truck began knocking 3 weeks ago. The ford dealerships in my area systems were down so they were not servicing vehicles. I manage to take it to a local Ford place and they checked it out for me. Loose/cracked stabilizer link. Now, I don't go off reading and I don't recall going over any major potholes or bumps but... long story short, they fixed it along with the module recall. Mines was covered under warranty.
 

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2023 Bronco Sport Bad Land 40,000 miles. clunking rattling in front end. Dealer says the sway bar is worn which he's never seen with such low miles. We just had the rear leaky shocks replaced. Anyone have the same problem with such low miles? My wifes vehicle. Never leaves the pavement. Tires are all wearing normally. Not impressed with this Ford product. Drove our 2014 Honda CRV 250,000 without replacing anything.
 

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Ive replaced all my sway bar links on my crv some were actually hanging off by 120,000 miles luckily they are cheap and easy to replace. Thats the joy of a lift kit possibly.
 
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I notice a difference between the 2021 and the 2023, all vehicles have good and bad. The 23 has an annoying squeak in the rear right sail panel up and behind the rear right passenger. Not all the time and we have off roaded this a lot less than the 21 but we do live on a bumpy dirt road. Regardless, I am impressed with both of them.
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