Front Suspension Upper Arm Problems of Chevrolet Blazer

The driver side upper ball joint failedcoming out of a mcdonalds making a left turn at slow speed. I pulled it over immediately and had it towed. I have the part (upper ball joint) and it is very mangled. I ahve not been in any accidents, hit any curves, and get them lubed every 3,000 miles when I have the oil changed. I really would hate to have seen this happen on the highway at 65 or 70 mph. The only thing I asked the dealer is if the part was under recall. They said no. The $975. 00 is for replacement of all the ball joints. I did not feel comfortable changing just the one just in case. I do have all the parts. If you want them I can send them to you. I am not doing this to get out of paying the bill. I have already payed it in full. It bothers me that it happened because I go out of my way to make sure that my vehicle is maintained properly. Another point is that I had new tires put on three weeks ago, with an alignment, and supposedly everything was ok then.

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Left front driver's side wheel buckled underneath the car. Vehicle was towed to a mechanic. Mechanic stated, the upper control arm was broken. *akthe upper ball joint broke. The sensor, sheild and a new wheel were all damaged. There was no warning given to consumer prior to failure.

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The right upper control arm ball joint failed without warning while traveling at 55 mph. It was very difficult to maintain control of the vehicle, and I suspect that if my wife would have been driving she would not have been able to stop the vehicle safely. This was very dangerous. Luckily I was not on the expressway. I know that chevy Blazers had recalls for this defect in past model years, and I maybe they should again.

Left upper front control arm broke at 35 mph. Then on 15 April 2002 upper right front control arm broke at 35 mph. There is a recall o1v200000, but this vehicle is not affected due to VIN, vehicle was retailed in a non-inclusive state.

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While driving 30 mph vehicle dropped down, right front upper control arm had broken. The upper arm came off ball joint due to lack proper greezing.

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When servicing the tires there was a loud pop noise. Dealer claimed cause was a loose upper control arm. Dealer replaced upper contrl arm. Service manager stated it was same defect as mentioned in recall 01v126000 for trailblazer, 2002.

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Consumer's vehicle was going 30mph around a curve and it went off the road. Consumer didn't remember anything else. Consumer has found out through different dealer that upper control arms were bad and caused vehicle to flip over. Chevrolet insisted they could do nothing to assist consumer.