NHTSA Complaint #10241048 — 2003 JEEP LIBERTY

WHILE DRIVING SLOWLY ACROSS A BRIDGE, MY UPPER BALL JOINT DISCONNECTED CAUSING THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT TIRE TO FALL OFF. NO APPARENT WARNING THAT VEHICLE WAS IN NEED OF REPAIR. NO ONE WAS INJURED. HAD VEHICLE TOWED AND CONTROL ARM: UPPER BALL JOINT REPLACED. THE LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED ON 12/29/2006 DUE TO THE RECALL IN 06' OF THE LOWER BALL JOINTS -- IT APPEARS THE UPPER BALL JOINTS HAVE THE SAME ISSUE. MY CONCERN NOW IS WHEN WILL THE OTHER SIDE GO BAD? HOPEFULLY I WON'T BE TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED WHEN THE OTHER SIDE GOES, BECAUSE I FEAR THE OUTCOME. IT ONLY HAD 61,000 MILES AT THE TIME -- CAN I ASSUME THE SIDE THAT WAS REPAIRED IS SAFE TO DRIVE ANOTHER 61,000. IT'S NOT WORTH PUTTING MY LIFE AND/OR OTHERS IN DANGER. HOW CAN CHRYSLER ASSURE ME THAT IT IS SAFE? I FEEL THIS IS A DANGEROUS AND PREMATURE FAILURE OF THIS PART AND SHOULD BE COVERED BY CHRYSLER, JUST FOR SAFETY ALONE. *TR