2003 DODGE RAM 1500 Suspensionfrontcontrol Armupper Ball Joint Problems
4 NHTSA complaints on file
Suspensionfrontcontrol Armupper Ball Joint Issues in the 2003 DODGE RAM 1500
4 suspensionfrontcontrol armupper ball joint complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 2003 DODGE RAM 1500. Of these, 2 involved a crash, 1 involved a fire, and 0 resulted in injury.
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Complaints
2
Crashes
1
Fires
0
Injuries
0
Deaths
All Suspensionfrontcontrol Armupper Ball Joint Complaints
LEFT BALL JOINT STARTED SQUEAKING, I TOOK IT TO DEALER FOR INVESTIGATION ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT RIGHT BALL JOINT WAS ALSO WEARING OUT. VEHICLE HAD ONLY 45,345 MILES ON IT, AND COST ME $460.07. MOST OF THE MILES WERE HIGHWAY MILES, AND NEVER USED OFF THE ROAD.*AK
UPPER BALL JOINTS ON 1-YR OLD TRUCK ARE JUNK. "SEALED" JUST MEANS THEY HAVE TO BE REPLACED MORE OFTEN, ANOTHER SCAM TO CHARGE EXTRA DOLLARS. MY WIFE'S LIBERTY HAS FAILING BALL JOINTS ALSO, THOUGH HERS HAS AN "UNISSUED RECALL." I KNOW A FEW OTHER RAM OWNERS WITH SAME PROBLEM. I HAD A 1972 CHEVY P/U WITH ALMOST 200,000 MILES BEFORE NEEDING BALL JOINTS, WHY? BECAUSE I COULD GREASE THEM!! *LA
WENT TO HAVE VEHICLE INSPECTED TO REREGISTER. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT BOTH UPPER BALL JOINTS AND BOTH LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE BAD. BASED ON SEVERAL ESTIMATES, IT WILL COST ME ANYWHERE FROM $500.-$700. TO HAVE THIS REPAIRED. MY TRUCK ONLY HAS 61,010 MILES ON IT AND MOST OF THOSE ARE HIGHWAY MILES. WE HAVE NOT TAKEN THIS TRUCK "OFF-ROAD". THIS DEFECT COULD HAVE CAUSED A VERY SERIOUS IF NOT FATAL ACCIDENT IF IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN FOUND. *AK
NOTE: I HAD TO WRITE DOWN FLORIDA FOR THE STATE, BECAUSE THERE IS NO OPTION FOR PUERTO RICO. WHILE DRIVING IN A MOUNTANOUS AREA WITH CURVES(ASPHALTED ROAD), AFTER A CURVE AT APPROXIMATELY 10-20 MPH, I FELT THE TRUCK LOST THE RIGHT SIDE FRONT TIRE, WHEN I CHECKED I HAD LOST THE PART OF THE FRONT SUSPENSION THAT HOLDS THE DISC, CALIPER BEARING, TIRE, BALL JOINTS AND ALL OTHER RELATED PARTS. I RECOVERED THE ASSEMBLY THAT INCLUDED THE ABOVE PARTS. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE CHRYSLER DEALER, THEY TOLD ME THEY HAD TO WAIT FOR A CHRYSLER ENGINEER TO DETERMINE IF IT WAS A DEFECT( THE CAR WAS BRAND NEW AND HAD ABOUT 1700 MILES AND THREE WEEKS OLD). THE ENGINEER ARRIVED TO PUERTO RICO LAST THURSDAY MARCH 20 2003, AND IN A COUPLE OF HOURS (2-3 HOURS) DETERMINED THAT IT WAS ALL AN ACCIDENT( I AM A MECHANICAL ENGINEER)....
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