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2004 Baja AWD, 113K There are incredibly loud squeaks coming from the rear section of my Baja. It is not a strut issue, and is more likely bad rear upper arms (right and left) in the lateral link assembly. Anyone out there experience the same issue? Is there a quick and cheap fix instead of replacing the arms all together? Any additional advice? Back story: I have endured this squeaking for more than four years. I mentioned it while having tire put on the car and was told that my struts were leaking and so everyone assumed that was were the squeaks were coming from. They did show me that the struts were leaking. Two new struts later, the sound was still there. As life would have it, I didn't drive my Subaru much from 2012-2016 and so I conveniently ignored the noise. I recently took her to the local Subaru dealership for a check-up, mentioned the squeaking and was informed my struts were leaking. I was quoted a price to replace them and was insured that was source of the sound. So I took the car back to the tire guy, who checked the struts and said they were not leaking. I took the car to a friend of mine, who has BMW repair shop, and he told me the same thing, and followed it up by saying the dealer wanted to sell me struts and then milk me some more when the squeaking was still present. He went under the rear axle while his buddy and I rocked the car side to side. Whatever he did under there, he came out saying that there was play in both arms from bad bushings.