NHTSA Complaint #10319605 — 2007 JEEP COMPASS 4X4

I WENT TO GET A STATE INSPECTION FOR MY 2007 JEEP COMPASS 4X4, IT HAS 48,000 MILES ON IT AND I WAS TOLD THAT BOTH LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE WORN OUT, UPON FUTHER INVESTIGATION IT WAS FOUND THAT THERE WAS LITTLE OR NO GREASE IN THE BALL JOINTS. AFTER SEARCHING FOR REPLACEMENT BALL JOINTS I FOUND MY ONLY OPTION AT THE TIME WAS TO BUY TWO USED CONTROL ARMS FROM A JUNK YARD, THE BALL JOINTS ON THESE CONTROL ARMS WERE ALSO VOID OF GREASE.. AFTER TALKING WITH OTHER OWNERS OF JEEP COMPASS 4X4 I HAVE FOUND THAT ALL 5 OF THE OTHER OWNERS OF THESE VEHICLES IN THIS AREA HAVE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE BALL JOINTS, ALL OF THEM WERE ALSO UNDER 5,0000 MILES. THIS IS UNACEPTABLE, BALL JOINTS SHOULD LAST A LOT LONGER THAN THIS AND WOULD IF THEY HAD ADEQUATE GREASE AND GREASE FITTING WHERE GREASE COULD BE ADDED TO THE BALL JOINTS. JUST SO WE ARE CLEAR, THE BOOTS COVERING THE BALL JOINTS WHERE THE GREASE SHOULD BE WERE IN PERFECT CONDITIONSO THIS WAS NOT A PROBLEM WITH SOMETHINGS BE TORN OF MISUSED. *TR