Q: Are my control arms wearing a hole in my tire?
I tried to get an alignment and was told lower control arms need replacing. Well today I had a flat and was told something is rubbing against my tire and wearing a hole in it. Could the arm be doing it
My car has 78000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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