1995 DODGE AVENGER Suspension Problems

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 DODGE AVENGER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 4 MPH, THE VEHICLE SPONTANEOUSLY DROPPED ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT CONTROL ARM FRACTURED FROM SEVERE CORROSION, WHICH CAUSED THE BALL JOINT TO FAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE AND HE IS IN THE PROCESS OF NOTIFYING THE MANUFACTURER IN REFERENCE TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 99V066003 (SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT). THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 142,000.

Mileage: 142,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE HAD A NHTSA RECALL # 99V066003, REGARDING THE SUSPENSION: FRONT: CONTROL ARM: LOWER BALL JOINT THAT WAS NOT PERFORMED. THE VEHICLE WAS AT THE DEALER FOR 90 DAYS AND DID NOT EXPRESS WHY THE RECALL WAS NOT PERFORMED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.

Mileage: 100,000

DT: THE CALLER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER CONCERNING LOWER BALL JOINT FAILURE. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER LAST WEDNESDAY, AND THE DEALER HAD IT FOR A WEEK AND NOTHING WAS DONE TO THE VEHICLE. SHE CALLED THE DEALER EVERY DAY. THEY TOLD HER THEY WERE WAITING FOR A MANAGER TO APPROVE THE WORK. MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET.*AK

Mileage: 159,000

NORMAL USE OF THE CAR....DRIVING AROUND TOWN ETC........THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL BEARING CAME LOOSE AND THE WHEEL/TIRE ASSEMBLY CAME OFF THE CAR AND CAR CAME DOWN ON THE WHEEL CAUSING FENDER DAMAGE. REPLACED BOTH LOWER BALL JOINTS AT THE AUTOMOTIVE SHOP TO AVOID ANY MORE LOSS OF CAR CONTROL. OLD PART IS AVAILABLE. *NM

Mileage: 109,478

I OWN A 1995 DODGE AVENGER HAS SAME PROBLEM AS 2000-2003 DODGE DURANGO, BALL JOINTS. I WOULD LIKE MY VEHICLE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE RECALL SHOULD INCLUDE THE CONTROL ARM ASSEMBLIES AND COMPRESSION ARMS BECAUSE THEY SUFFER PREMATURE AND UNDUE WEAR BY BEING COMPROMISED BY THE BAD BALL JOINT. THE CONSUMER HAD SEVERAL SUSPENSION COMPONETS REPLACED SUCH AS THE SWAY BARS AND SWAY BAR LINKS. *JB

SUSPENSION&STEERING--- ALWAYS HAS VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END AT 60-70MPH BRAKES--- CAN'T KEEP BRAKES UNDER IT. HAVE TO DO BRAKES AND ROTORS 2-3 TIMES A YEAR

VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER RECALL#00V421002 CONCERNING LOWER BALL JOINT BOOT. A PROBLEM WAS FOUND WITH THE LOWER BALL JOINT AFTER THE REPAIRS WERE DONE, AND THE BALL JOINTS HAVE TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. *AK

VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER RECALL#00V421002 CONCERNING LOWER BALL JOINT BOOT. A PROBLEM WAS FOUND WITH THE LOWER BALL JOINT AFTER THE REPAIRS WERE DONE, AND THE BALL JOINTS HAVE TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. *AK

CONSUMER STATED THAT THE "INNER" LOWER CONTROL ARM HAS WORN OUT PREMATURELY. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT CONSUMER HAS HAD TO REPLACE COMPONENT. FIRST FAILURE OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 75000 MILES. MANUFACTURER HAS EXTENDED THE WARRANTY FOR THE OUTER CONTROL ARM, BUT NOT THE INNER ONE.*AK

Mileage: 75,000

THE RIGHT BALL JOINT BROKE WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH. *JB

VEHICLES DRIVE SHAFT DROPPED TO THE ROAD WHILE DRIVING. THIS FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED PRIOR TO NOTIFICATION (RECALL # 99V006003 OR 00V421002). THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT BUT WAS DENIED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THE CONSUMER HAD NOT MET THE REQUIRED CONDITIONS OF THE RECALL. *NLM *JB

Mileage: 154,756

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE MAKING A TURN THE LOWER BALL JOINT SNAPPED AND BROKE. CAUSING THE TIRE TO FALL OFF. NLM

LOWER LATTERAL BALL JOINT WAS RECALLED, AND THE OTHER IDENTICAL BALL JOINT ALLOWS WATER/DEBRIS TO GET INSIDE. THIS BALL JOINT IS LOCATED RIGHT BEHIND BALL JOINT THAT WAS RECALLED. OWNER STATES THAT BALL JOINT FELL OUT OF SOCKET. OWNER STILL HAS THE PART, AND WISHES TO SEND THE PART TO NHTSA. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

BALL JOINTS FAILED, EVEN AFTER CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE AT DEALER'S TO GET RECALL 00V421002 REPAIRS DONE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED THAT RECALL WAS DONE, BUT REMEDY DID NOT WORK. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

LOWER BALL JOINT ON THE RIGHT SIDE BROKE WHILE TURNING. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

I HAVE HAD THIS CAR IN THE SHOP TWICE IN THE LAST YEAR TO REPLACE THESE BALL-JOINTS THAT WERE SUPPOSEDLY REPLACE LAST AUGUST BEFORE I OWNED IT. THAT MEANS THE RECALL HAS BEEN DONE TWICE ALREADY AND NEEDS TO BE DONE AGAIN. WHAT'S THE POINT IN REPLACING A JUNK PART WITH ANOTHER JUNK PART. *AK

I HAVE HAD THIS CAR IN THE SHOP TWICE IN THE LAST YEAR TO REPLACE THESE BALL-JOINTS THAT WERE SUPPOSEDLY REPLACE LAST AUGUST BEFORE I OWNED IT. THAT MEANS THE RECALL HAS BEEN DONE TWICE ALREADY AND NEEDS TO BE DONE AGAIN. WHAT'S THE POINT IN REPLACING A JUNK PART WITH ANOTHER JUNK PART. *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 00V421002 CONCERNING LOWER BALL JOINTS. WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY FELT PRESSURE FROM WEAR/ TEAR OF UPPER BALL JOINTS. VEHICLE SHUT DOWN, AND FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WENT TO THE GROUND.*AK

THERE WAS A BALL JOINT RECALL TWICE BUT BOTH TIMES THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG AND DID NOT FIX IT. LATER ON THE BALL JOINTS FAILED. (RECALL # 99V-066/00V-421) *YH

WHILE DRIVING AT 20-25 MPH DRIVER'S SIDE BALL JOINT BROKE, AND CONSUMER COULD NOT CONTROL VEHICLE. PRIOR TO THIS, CONSUMER HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP TO GET RECALL REPAIRS DONE FOR BALL JOINT PROBLEMS, BUT WHAT THEY FIXED WAS PASSENGER'S SIDE BALL JOINT.*AK

NHTSA RECALL 99V421002/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 967 ; FRONT WHEEL CAME OFF WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING VEHICLE TO RUN INTO THE WALL. INDEPENDENT MECHANIC SHOP CONFIRMED THAT ACCIDENT WAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE BALL JOINTS. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

WHEN MAKING A TURN IN ANY DIRECTION A RUBBING NOISE OCCURS DUE TO LATERAL ARM JOINT WHICH COULD HAVE A POTENTIAL FOR LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. *AK THE MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO COVER REPAIRS. SCC

LOWER CONTROL ARM WAS DEFECTIVE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND BALL JOINTS BROKE COMPLETELY OFF. PLEASE PROVIDE VEHICLE INDENTIFICATION NUMBER, AND ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

LOWER CONTROL ARM WAS DEFECTIVE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND BALL JOINTS BROKE COMPLETELY OFF. PLEASE PROVIDE VEHICLE INDENTIFICATION NUMBER, AND ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH LEFT WHEEL TURNED. LOWER BALL JOINT BROKE. DEALER HAD PERFORMED RECALL 00V421002 AROUND JAN. 2001. BUT, DID NOT REPLACE BALL JOINTS. *AK

PRIOR TO RECALL,(967) UPON MAKING A LEFT TURN, THE VEHICLES PASSENGER SIDE FRONT BALLJOINT BROKE, WHEN THE BALL JOINT BROKE IT CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE FRONT AXLE, THE FORK AND THE FRONT AIRDAM WAS CRACKED, CONSUMER WAS DENIED REIMBURSEMENT.*JB

PRIOR TO RECALL,(967) UPON MAKING A LEFT TURN, THE VEHICLES PASSENGER SIDE FRONT BALLJOINT BROKE, WHEN THE BALL JOINT BROKE IT CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE FRONT AXLE, THE FORK AND THE FRONT AIRDAM WAS CRACKED, CONSUMER WAS DENIED REIMBURSEMENT.*JB

BALL JOINTS; DRIVESHAFT; LOWER LATERAL ARMS

BALL JOINTS; DRIVESHAFT; LOWER LATERAL ARMS

RECALL 00 V 421 02 LOWER BALL JOINTS. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER, HEART OF TEXUS DODGE, AUSTIN, TX 512-406-7035, AND WAS INFORMED THAT PARTS WERE ON BACK ORDER. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH A BOLT FROM LOWER CONTROL ARM AND BALL JOINT FELL OFF. THIS CAUSED WHEEL TO COME OF VEHICLE, AND CONSUMER LOST CONTROL. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

WHILE TURNING LEFT ONTO HIGHWAY VEHICLE LOCKED UP AND HIT CURB. THIS WAS DUE TO LOWER BALL JOINT FAILURE. *AK

CONSUMER SCHEDULED RECALL REPAIRS AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. DEALER STATED THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO HOLD THE CAR ALL DAY, EVEN THOUGH IT CLEARLY STATES ON THE RECALL NOTICE THAT IT WILL TAKE APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS FOR THE REPAIRS. CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO BE COMPENSATED FOR THE CAR RENTAL THAT WAS RENTED FOR THAT DAY. *YD

CONSUMER SCHEDULED RECALL REPAIRS AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. DEALER STATED THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO HOLD THE CAR ALL DAY, EVEN THOUGH IT CLEARLY STATES ON THE RECALL NOTICE THAT IT WILL TAKE APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS FOR THE REPAIRS. CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO BE COMPENSATED FOR THE CAR RENTAL THAT WAS RENTED FOR THAT DAY. *YD

THE VEHICLE'S LEFT CONTROL ARM FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL # 99V-066. THE CONSUMER WANTS REIMBURSMENT. *YH

BALL JOINTS ON RECALL IN 1999, HAD CHECKED, DID NOT FIX , SAID WAS FINE. ON 4 28 01, BALL JOINTS FELL OUT AXLE BROKE AND TIRE FELL OFF WHILE DRIVING...CONTACTED CHRSLYER ON RECALL PART, WAS TOLD MINE WAS FINE..JUST A "WARE" ITEM THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, NOW THERE IS ANOTHER RECALL ON SAID PART...CHRSLYER REFUSED TO FIX MINE IN MAY OF 01...NOW THE SAME PART I JUST HAD FIXED IS ON RECALL..I SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND MONEY GETTING MY CAR FIXED AND BODY DAMAGE HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED..MY COMPLAINT IS...CHRYSLER IS AT FAULT AND SHOULD BE HELD RESPOSIBLE FOR THIS ENTIRE SITUATION. *AK

PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION (99V066003), CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE THAT SOUNDED LIKE A TIRE BLOW OUT AND THEN LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE FOR ABOUT 10 SECONDS, VEHICLE BEGAN MOVING FROM SIDE TO SIDE CAUSING DAMAGE TO FRONT BUMPER. *JB

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR BALL JOINTS, REPAIR OF BALL JOINTS WAS DONE BEFORE NOTIFICATION WENT OUT, CONSUMER WAS DENIED REIMBURSEMENT BY MANUFACTURER STATING CONSUMER DID NOT MEET REQUIRED CONDITIONS OF RECALL, DUE TO THE FACT THAT MAUFACTURER CONTACTED THE MECHANIC THAT PERFORMED THE WORK, AND MECHANIC STATED THAT BALL JOINTS WERE DAMAGED DUE TO ACCIDENT WHICH DID NOT HAPPEN, CONSUMER IS APPEALING FOR RECONSIDERATION FOR REIMBURSEMENT STATING THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF MISUNDERSTANDING, BETWEEN THE MECHANIC AND MANUFACTURER. *JB

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

WAS DRIVING SLOWLY DUE TO ICE. FELT SOMETHING JERK IN VEHICLE. WENT INTO A DITCH. WAS TOWED TO MECHANIC & THEN A DEALERSHIP. WAS INFORMED THAT UPPER CONTROL ARM HAD BROKEN. IT WAS ONLY A FEW INCHES FROM LOWER CONTROL ARM. IT HAD SEPARATED FROM SUSPENSION FRAME. ALSO, RACK & PINION STEERING WAS CRACKED, AND SUNROOF WILL NOT CLOSE OR OPEN ON TRACKS.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION LOWER BALL JOINT BROKE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

PRIOR TO RECALL 99V066003, THE BALL JOINT BROKE WHICH CAUSED AN ACCIDENT, THE DEALERSHIP IS REFUSING TO REIMBURSE FOR THE DAMAGES CAUSED BY THE DEFECTIVE BALL JOINT. *SLC

BALL JOINT FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL (99V-066), OWNER IS NOT HAPPY WITH THE SERVICE AFTER IT WAS INSPECTED, THE VEHICLE COLLAPSED INTO THE GROUND WHILE THE DRIVER WAS TRYING TO PARK IT DUE TO CRACKED BALL JOINT WHICH THE MECHANIC FAILED TO FIX DURING RECALL REPAIR. YH

WHILE TRAVELING ON A NORMAL ROAD AT 40 MPH BALL JOINTS BROKE, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. NO OTHER DAMAGE OR INJURY REPORTED. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

SUPSENSION PROBLEM/BALL JOINTS, VEHICLE IS SQUEAKING DUE TO WARPED ROTORS, SINCE PURCHASE. *AK *ML

VEHICLE IS PULLING TO THE RIGHT ON STRAIGHT DRIVING. *AK

DEALER DID NOT REPLACE LOWER ARM BALL JOINT PER RECALL #827. AS A RESULT THE BALL JOINT FAILED CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND SLAM INTO A CONCRETE DIVIDER THUS SUSTAINING BRUISES. NLM

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH THE LATERAL ARM AND BALL JOINT GAVE IN, RESULTING IN A COLLISION. VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED A YEAR PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT FOR RECALL 99V066.OO3/LOWER BALL JOINT BOOT. MANUFACTURER HAS DETERMINED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE COLLISION WAS THE RECALLED ITEM. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE RECALL COMPONENT PRIOR TO NOTICE, RESULTING IN THE VEHICLE DROPPING ON ONE SIDE WHEN THE BALL JOINT CAME OUT OF SOCKET, DAMAGES TO OTHER COMPONENTS AS WELL. (99V-066) MJS

BALL BEARING JOINT FAILED WHEN TURNING ONTO THE HIGHWAY VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE THEN IT SUDDENLY DROPPED TO THE GROUND CAUSING CONSUMER O LOOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. NLM

THERE IS NOISE WITHIN THE LOWER BALL JOINT. ALSO, WHEN APPLYING BRAKES AT ANY SPEED THERE IS A NOISE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AND MAKING TURNS WHEELS WOULD GRIND. *AK

RECALL 99V066003; RIGHT LOWER BALL JOINT BOOT CAME APART WHICH ALMOST CAUSED A CRASH. THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL, BUT HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VIN#. *AK

WHEN VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR SERVICE BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT START, ONE OF THE FRONT STRUTS WAS FOUND TO BE LEAKING. THE STRUT WILL BE REPLACED AT OWNER'S COST. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

HAVE A LEAK IN ONE OFTHE FRONT STRUTS. *AK

HAVE A LEAK IN ONE OFTHE FRONT STRUTS. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING OVER A SPEEDING BUMP IN A PARKING LOT WHEN FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE. BALL JOINT BROKE, BREAKING OFF FROM THE LOWER CONTROL ARM AND THE AXEL SHAFT. *AK

THE SEALED BALL JOINTS ON THE RIGHT, FRONT WERE COMPLETELY VOID OF GREASE. THE BALL JOINTS POPPED OUT DURING A LANE CHANGE AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SKID OUT OF CONTROL TO THE RIGHT, ACROSS TWO LANES OF HEAVY TRAFFIC. FORTUNATELY THE VEHICLES TO THE RIGHT SAW THE INCIDENT AND TOOK THE APPROPRIATE ACTIONS TO AVOID COLLISION. THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE DROPPED TO THE GROUND, BREAKING APART THE FRONT GRILL. THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE WAS TURNED AT A 90 DEGREE ANGLE TO THE CAR AND CAUSED THE FENDER TO BEND OUTWARD. I NOTICED A POPPING SOUND TWO DAYS PRIOR TO INCIDENT AND IN THE MORNING OF 12/26/1998 I HAD SCHEDULED A MECHANIC TO SERVICE THE POPPING NOISE FOR THE MORNING OF 12/27/1998. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED TWO HOURS AFTER I HAD SCHEDULED THE MECHANIC TO EXAMINE AND REPAIR THE VEHICLE.

ALARM CONTINUALLY GOES OFF, DEFROSTER WILL NOT WORK UNLESS THE A/C IS ACTIVATED IN THE FRONT AND REAR INADEQUATE DEFROSTING, SUSPENSION SHAKED DUE TO BAD BUSHINGS. OTHER THINGS HAVE OCCURRED AS WELL - TOO MUCH TO KEEP TRACK OF. *MJS

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ABOUT 50 MPH LOWER BALL JOINT FELL OUT OF VEHICLE WITHOUT A WARNING, AND CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. CONSUMER HAD NO IDEA ABOUT THE SAFETY DEFFECT. *AK

NO UNUSUAL CONDITIONS OR WEIGHT EXIST. DEALER SUSPECTS THAT ALL 3 SETS OF REAR STRUTS THAT HAVE BEEN INSTALLED SO FAR ARE DEFECTIVE, INCLUDING THE ORIGINAL SET. NO OTHER EXPLANATION PROVIDED. FOURTH SET TO BE INSTALLED WHEN RECEIVED BY DEALER.

FRONT END RATTLES. ALSO REPLACED TIED ROD END.

FRONT SUSPENSION FAILURE.

BALL JOINT BROKE AND FELL OFF.

FRONT END MISALIGNED.

REAR OF VEHICLE IS DESIGNED TOO HIGH, IMPAIRING VISIBILITY.