5k in repairs?

Since you are socal/south bay. Take your truck to @Superdave1.0 he is in downey/lakewood area.

 

I had my rack and pinion replaced at a dealership on my 2017 at 36000 miles. I think mine got messed up from a bad alignment when firestone forgot to tighten a bolt. I was having all sorts of hard swerves when breaking even lightly for weeks till the loose bolt was discovered. Dealership didn't discover the issue had to go back to firestone. This was like months after and there was bad leaking from my rack. I don't think my cost for the rack and pinion was even half of what they want to charge you and mine was leaking worse.

 

No way, Jose!

 

That grease drip on the driveshaft is normal. It's not an ATF leak. Appears the boots on the tie rods have something on them, but I don't see any leaks. As long as your power steering reservoir is full you don't have a problem.

I would flush it yourself sooner than later though. (Lift the front of the truck on jack stands, use a 3/8" vacuum cap to cap the reservoir and place the drain hose in a gatorade bottle. Turn the wheel all the way to left, fill reservoir, all the way to the right, fill reservoir, ect. Should take about 3 quarts of dextron 3 atf to flush the system.

Wiper blade inserts can be found for under $10 a piece. Replace them yourself.

For $1300 give or take you could upgrade to Bilstein 6112/5160's, but your factory shocks are still good.

Suck the brake fluid from the master cylinder with a turkey baster. Replace with dot 3 for under $10 for 1 can.