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Consumer took the vehicle to an inspection station and vehicle did not pass inspection due to worn out upper and lower ball joints. Consumer will take the vehicle to the dealer in the near future.
Defective upper and lower ball joints on my 98 Dodge Dakota. I just went to les schwab to get new tires and an allignment when they told me all of my ball joints needed to be replaced. This seems way to soon for this type of problem. And it cost me 800 dollars to get it fixed.
Ball joint's in Dodge Dakota's. I have a 1998 Dakota with low miles, my warranty is up already and my truck has very low miles for it's age. 14,500. I noticed that it was riding funny so I took it into car-X whiting in. And he informs my my ball joints are shot, plus I needed an alignment. It's bad enough that I needed a serpentine already, but now this. It hasn't even been broken in and these are shot for $500 bucks. Are there any other people complaining about this" there is an article from a news paper www.wcax.com/global/story.asp"S=1700237 about bad Dodge. I think Dodge should pay me pay the money.
- Whiting, IN, USA
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The vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection after a road trip. Dealer determined that upper ball joints were about to separate, and the lower ball joints were worn out. Upper and lower ball joints were replaced.
An independent shop replaced the lower and upper ball joints lat September at the consumer's expense. Dealer notified. The cv drive and axle shaft were also replaced.
Upper ball joints on both sides are worn severely and lower left side is showing signs of significant wear. My truck only has 82K miles on it. I am aware that Dakota trucks have been reported to have a possible defect in the ball joints and when is Chrysler going to issue a recall. My truck is unsafe to drive at this time.
While driving there was vibration in the front end. Dealership replaced both upper ball joints. Also, at 100,000 miles right front upper ball joint was replaced because it was loose, and the wheel was about to fall off.
While driving and turning left or right at lower speed consumer heard a noise coming through the front end. Vehicle was taken to the dealership and the mechanic determined that the ball joints wore out and needed to be replaced.
Failure of all ball joints in March of 2003 and then a subsequent replacement of 2 of those ball joints in July of 2003. Currently 1 more of the ball joints is going bad.
The ball joints on my 98 Dodge Dakota have failed several times. One time the wheel almost fell off. They have been replaced as well as the wheel bearings and entire hub assembly which they cause to fail when they fail.
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- Monroe, CT, USA