UCA Bushing Failure

2017 DCLB 84,000 miles.

My drivers side uca bushing started squeaking last week. Checked both sides, appears they are shot. I don't offroad with this vehicle and it's stock. Thoughts on if this is common and why they would fail so soon?

 

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Not common...
Only thing I can think of is they got loose.

I know you said you don't offroad...
In the maintenance manual, part of the "special conditions" maintenance is tightening chassis/body bolts and nuts.

From the service manual:

 

What exactly are you saying "got loose"
If your lifted more than 1" your upper ball joint hates it from being In a bad angle plus if you didn't loosen both the upper & lower pivot bolts while installing the lift to release the tension in the bushings then tighten them AFTER you set your truck back on the ground the bushings will die from excessive twist off road or not.

 

Maybe a little trail riding...I think that counts as off-road. But either way 84k on any bushing or joint that fails isn't too bad. I can't seem to get more than 25k out of my wheel bearings anymore but I like mud, dirt and sand. Living in rustville with a heavy dose of salt doesn't help

 

Anytime your suspension moves (speed bumps, potholes, etc) it's tearing on the rubber, as far as your bearings go you must have negative offset wheels causing excessive load on the bearing they should last alot longer than 100,000 miles