\*First time posting on Reddit\* 

Hello! I have a 2020 Corolla with 177,000 miles on it. For a while (over a year), my car SOMETIMES makes a creaking noise when going over a bump, but it really likes to make the creaking sound when going over bumps that rock the car side to side. It will sometimes even creak when going over a very small bump (barely a bump) at low speed.

Everything I’ve seen on Reddit and other sources have mentioned a variety of things: worn struts, worn control arm bushings, worn sway bar links and bushings, etc…

The car also does drive a lot rougher than it did before and there are harsher “jolts” when going over bumps than before.

I’m a pizza delivery driver and a rideshare driver, so I do mainly city driving and I go over a lot of speed bumps (very slowly) nearly every day.

I took it to my main Toyota dealer that I’ve done all my service with and the tech that I mainly work with said my control arm bushings are starting to tear and my sway bar link boots are torn/starting to tear (which I confirmed myself)

The struts are not leaking and the car stays stable and planted for the most part, and the ball joints on the control arms (lower) look fine as well. No tears in the boots. There is sometimes a very slight vibration (wheels are balanced) when driving at highway speeds.

Sorry for the low quality on some of the images. The car is also at ride height but I can’t lift it up at the moment to get a better view.

Would anyone have any opinions on the condition of the control arm bushings before I spend $1,200 getting them replaced, and also what the creaking noise could be? 

Thank y’all so much!

Do I need new control arm bushings?