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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005035394 | Incident Date: Aug, 17 2005 |
| Consumer's City: CLARKSVILLE | Consumer's State: TN |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC) |
| Model Name: DURANGO | Model Year: 1998 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Suspension:front:control arm:upper ball joint |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Aug, 22 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Sep, 02 2001 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 8 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: I saw on an nbc special that consumers who purchase the dodge durango or dakota had the ball joints of their vehicles just fail on them. i took my vehicle to have my ball joints checked ( i have the work order) and sure enough all the ball joints were bad. i had them replaced( that was about 18months ago) and again the joints have deteriorated. my car has less that 80k miles on it. it is has never been driven under extreme conditions. there could possibly be a defect in the design- the ball joints i had installed came with a life-time warranty. they have to be replaced again. my concern that if we did not inspect the suspension, we would never have known this problem even existed. consumers should at least be informed of the risks of their vehicle possibly failing because of the problem with the joints. |
