# Sway Bar Broke **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** nissan, altima\ **Created:** [September 6, 2009, 2:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sway-bar-broke/36213 "2009-09-06T14:59:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![arplan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/50afbb/32.png) [@arplan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/arplan)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 2:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sway-bar-broke/36213/1 "2009-09-06T14:59:19Z")
I have a '08 Altima Coupe 3.5L. It has a little over 55,000 miles on it. The rear sway bar broke about a foot behind the rear passenger tire. It is hanging about 3 inches from the ground. It is in the shop getting repaired. They said it was a clean break, and when I looked under the car I could tell it was too. I just wanted to know how this could have happened. I didn?t hit anything. I noticed it when I was walking out to my car one day, and know that I didn?t notice it in the morning. Anyone have any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![BustedKnuckles](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bustedknuckles/32/25_2.png) [@BustedKnuckles](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BustedKnuckles)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 9:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sway-bar-broke/36213/2 "2009-09-06T21:32:20Z")
The reason they warranty a new car is because even with the great improvements on quality assurance, bad parts slip through. I’d say this is just such a case, and the rear bar had a defect that slipped through the system. Odds are the replacement bar will not have a similar defect, and will last the life of the car. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 10:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sway-bar-broke/36213/3 "2009-09-06T22:57:51Z")
Even though the car is an '08 model, since it has 55,000 miles on the odometer I suspect that the bumper-to-bumper warranty has run out, so the replacement will be on the OP’s dime. But, as BK said, it is very unlikely that the replacement part will also be defective. ---
**Author:** ![oldtimer-11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e79b87/32.png) [@oldtimer-11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldtimer-11)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 11:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sway-bar-broke/36213/4 "2009-09-06T23:22:54Z")
If it was a clean break on a car that new it was a flaw in the metal.