NHTSA Complaint #10126675 — 2003 JEEP LIBERTY

DT: CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR THE LOWER BALL JOINT AND HAD THE REPAIR WORK DONE. SEVEN MONTHS LATER THE BALL JOINT FAILED AGAIN WHILE THE VEHICLE OWNER'S SON WAS DRIVING AT 35 MILE MPH. THE BALL JOINT FAILED WHILE DRIVING OVER A BRIDGE ,AND T VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE OWNERS HOME, AND THEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS. THE WHEEL AND BRAKES, BOTH FELL OFF THE VEHICLE. THE POLICE WERE CALLED. HOWEVER NO REPORT WAS FILED BECAUSE THERE WAS NO CRASH. REPAIRS WERE DONE. . THE OWNER NOTICED THAT BEFORE THE BALL JOINT FAILED. THERE WAS TOO MUCH PLAY IN THE STEERING. WHEN THE WHEEL IS TURNED IT TAKES THE TIRE A MINUTE TO CATCH UP. THE OWNER IS CONCERNED THAT THE BALL JOINT IS ABOUT TO GO OUT AGAIN. THE REPLACEMENT PARTS DO NOT SEEM TO BE ANY DIFFERENT THAN THE ORIGINAL PARTS. THE CALLER HEARD A REPORT OF A LADY DYING WITH THE SAME PROBLEM IN HER VEHICLE.*AK