Jeep Patriot Lower Control Arm

Is There Anything That Could Be Causing My Lower Control Arms To Be Going Bad Like That? Because I Honestly Feel Like I'm Just Putting...

I Noticed A Loud Scraping And Found This. Can It Be Fixed And Is It The Actual Frame Or?

Ok.i Was Driving And Yesterday Could Hear A Occasional Scraping Sound From Rear End.so I Parked And Got Underneath The Rear.to My Suprise...