Front Suspension Upper Ball Joint problems of the 1996 Dodge Avenger

Four problems related to front suspension upper ball joint have been reported for the 1996 Dodge Avenger. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Front Suspension Upper Ball Joint problem

Failure Date: 04/11/2003

After the recall for the ball joints 99 v 066 000 was complete the ball joint failed and damaged other components.

2 Front Suspension Upper Ball Joint problem

Failure Date: 12/26/2001

I received a recall for my cars lower ball joints because of excessvie wear. My car started making noise in the front end. When I took it in they said it was upper ball joints. I wanted to make sure this was reported in case upper ball joints should be included in recall. It was also odd that a recall on lower ball joints comes out and my upper ball joints go out.

3 Front Suspension Upper Ball Joint problem

Failure Date: 09/21/1999

The upper control arm which is gone, and may cause a loss of vehicle control and result a crash. There is a recall for the lower control arm but not for the upper control arm although it deals with same problem. Please provide further information.

4 Front Suspension Upper Ball Joint problem

While driving front right ball joint snapped in half,causing tire to come off. Please give any further details.




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