Front Suspension Lower Ball Joint problems of the 2005 Jeep Liberty - part 1

The contact owns a 2005 Jeep Liberty. The contact stated that while reversing and making a left turn, the front driver’s side ball joint fractured and the lower control arm detached. The steering wheel also shook and jerked while driving approximately 50 mph. The vehicle was towed to the residence. The dealer was made aware of the failure and informed the contact that there was a recall repaired in 2006, for the ball joints. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 102,000.

Front lower ball joint on right side has fell out twice, 8 months apart. Both times the vehicle was in motion, going less the 20 mph. Road conditions were dry, and on on regular paved road. I was driving straight on the road both times. The first time it broke, it cause my wheel to break and flatter my tire, second time it damaged my wheel but didn't not bust through it. Motor mounts have broke 2 times as week 1 week after repaired it broke the 2nd time. Transmission mount has also broke.

The right front wheel/ tire separated from the suspension while driving. I was on the 5th floor of a parking garage. I was told this was directly caused by the lower ball joint failing. This was on a 2005 Jeep Liberty renegade. Recall repairs previously performed on front lower ball joints on 04/09/2007. I no longer own this vehicle.

After inspection from mechanics I was told my 2005 Jeep Liberty was having the same problems as the other 05 Libertys im reference to the front lower ball joints where the defect is allowing moisture to get in damaging the ball joint and it's cracking and rusted and bad needs to be replaced there is no recall for my VIN when I put my vehicle into gear and start driving forward or reverse I get loud pops and. Cracking noise also anytime I hit a bump and sometimes while driving on highway I was told the rate at which it's deteriorating and how bad it is is excessive and needs for a safety concern.

The front lower ball joints failed a second time and were replaced again per nhsta id # 06v-288 recall f23. The official mopar website says faq says that "q once the recall is completed, what is the warranty on the repair if the recalled component fails again? a if there is a subsequent failure, we will review the situation and if, in fact, it is for the same condition as the recall, fca us will repair the vehicle for free. " I am being told by a fca case manager that there is a 2 year 24 month warranty on the parts installed as part of this safety recall. The mopar website faq makes no mention of this and I can not be told where to find this 2 year 24 month warraty. Why isn't fca following their own policy stated to the public? why is fca being deceptive and inaccurate? how should this falsehood be addressed?.

While turning left in a parking lot at a low rate of speed the passenger side lower ball joint failed and came apart. The wheel pivoted out from the vehicle dropping that corner to the ground. The vehicle was towed to my service provider and upon inspection the other ball joint was found to be crack and requiring replacement as well. This vehicle has had regular maintenance preformed by dealers over its life. The.

Drive at 65 miles per hour on the freeway in California, a loud noise like something had fallen out of the bottom of the car. Car became barely controllable. Was able to veer to the side of the road with smoke spewing from the passenger front wheel. When tow truck arrived stated that the lower ball joint and control arm were terribly corroded and had snapped. A mechanic looking for parts mentioned that it had been previously recalled. A check of the VIN indicated the problem had been noted for recall in 2006, this particular VIN had been repaired in 2012. Called Chrysler, they said they could simply arrange for an appointment but that it would be up to the dealer to decide whether or not I would be charged for repairs. At this time trying to decide on next step.

The contact owns a 2005 Jeep Liberty. The contact stated that while the vehicle was with an independent mechanic for tire replacement, the technician notice that the driver and passenger front upper and lower ball joint were fractured and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 69,239.

Tl-the contact owns a 2005 Jeep Liberty. The contact stated that while driving at 15 mph, the contact heard an abnormal noise coming from underneath the vehicle. Upon inspection, the contact noticed that the front passenger's side lower ball joint had fractured. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 129,000. Oo.

The contact owns a 2005 Jeep Liberty. The contact stated the cv and the lower ball joints under the vehicle fractured causing the water reservoir and fender to fracture. The vehicle was towed to the dealer and the technician stated that there was a recall related to the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 116,000.

There is uncomfortable noise when drive through and turn. After inspection, they told me that both upper and lower ball joints in front on both sides were damaged.

Tl-the contact owns a 2005 Jeep Liberty. The contact stated that while driving 55 mph, the vehicle started shaking and the check engine and maintenance lights illuminated. The problem recurred four times. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. The diagnosis was that the lower control arms and lower ball joint needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 136,000. Cs.

I had turned into the parking lot and the lower ball joint on the passenger side had broke. I had this taken care of by a non Jeep dealer due to short on funds to have it done by a Jeep dealer, at the time this happened did not know Jeep would have covered the cost of the repairs since this issue was a recall issue that had been fix back in 2007. This Jeep I had purchased used in Dec 2013. I had called Jeep corp to check on recalls after I had first purchased. Found things were fixed but was not told there was a 10 year warranty on that work that was done back in 2007 by the previous owner. If I would have know that at the time I had this issue again on Jul 26 2014 I would have taken it to the Jeep dealer, but because I did not have a lot of money I had it fixed by another auto repair service. I would like to be reimbursed for the cost at 534. 40 I had to pay in Jul 2014 for issues with the same that were recalled and fixed back in 2007. I had called today to find out what I could do and was told nothing now since I had it fixed by a non Jeep dealer. I really think it should be reimbursed do to the fact I had to have this fixed after it was recall and fixed by a Jeep dealer and it still broke. I have the reciept for the repairs that were done Jul 2014.

The contact owns a 2005 Jeep Liberty. While driving approximately 2 mph, the lower ball joint fractured causing the front passenger side of the vehicle to collapse to the ground. The failure recurred on a separate occasion. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic twice and the vehicle was repaired for each failure. In 2007, the vehicle was serviced under NHTSA campaign number: 06v288000 (suspension). The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 127,899.

The contact owns a 2005 Jeep Liberty. The contact was traveling 25 mph when the left front ball joint failed and caused the engine to fall. The contact had the vehicle towed to a mechanic and was told that the ball joint failed and as a result, the upper control arm also failed. In addition, the mechanic advised the contact that there was a recall for the ball joints. The mechanic replaced the left front ball joins and the vehicle was taken to the dealer for repairs under the manufacturer’s recall. The dealer advised that the driver side ball joints would be replaced under the recall, but not the upper control arms. The failure and the current mileage was 130,000. Chrysler denied the consumer's request for reimbursement, by stating the work was not performed by an authorized Jeep dealer. Updated 05/17/12 updated 05/21/12 updated 05/31/lj.

The contact owns a 2005 Jeep Liberty. The contact stated that the front driver side ball joint separated from the vehicle, causing the control arm to bend. The dealer and manufacturer were notified of the failure, but advised the contact that they were only required to repair what was stated in NHTSA campaign id number: 06v288000 (suspension:front:control arm:lower ball joint) one time, and denied any assistance with any further repairs to the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and the current mileage was 134,755.

The contact owns a 2005 Jeep Liberty. The contact was driving at an unknown speed when the lower ball joints began rubbing together and making an unusual clanking noise. The contact was able to locate a recall relative to the failure (NHTSA campaign id number: 06v288000 (suspension: front: control arm: lower ball joint) but was informed by the dealer that repair was performed by the previous owner in 2006. The manufacturer would not provide any assistance and advised the contact to have the vehicle repaired at his expense. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 52,000 and the current mileage was approximately 53,000.

The contact owns a 2005 Jeep Liberty. While driving approximately 10 mph out of the driveway, the front passenger wheel and axle broke. The contact stated that it also punctured the radiator. The vehicle was towed to local repair facility. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact stated that she was not the first owner of the vehicle and that the recall repairs had never been performed. She referenced NHTSA recall campaign id number: 06v288000, suspension:front:control arm:lower ball joint. The manufacturer stated that they were not sure if they assist her with the repair cost. The failure and current mileages were 66,032.

On Monday night, at around 8:30pm, I was driving back home at approximately 15 mph, taking a left, and from the inside of the car, my friend and I heard a loud pop noise, then some loud grinding noise after. I quickly shifted the car to park, jumped out of the car thinking that I had a flat tire. The tires were intact. My car refused to budge, even after the police came and we had put the car in neutral, and tried to push it out of the middle of an intersection of two roads. The car refused to budge. Right after the getting out of the car, I noticed that there the car had begun to leak from under the hood onto the ground. I had to call triple a to get the car towed to the nearest dealership - grava Jeep dealership - and the next day, the service department at the dealership called and said that it was the lower ball joints - which was a safety recall for the Jeep Liberty '05, and because the lower ball joints had separated, it had caused rim damage to the car, making it unsafe to drive with - as it would damage and deflate my tire. The power steering line was also found to be leaking, of which I had never had issues with until the ball joint had separated, and the car was attempted to be moved to safety (that was when we saw the large puddle of liquid dripping out of the car). Grava dealership has agreed to replace the lower ball joints under warranty, but they would not cover the damage to the rim or the power steering, although the lower ball joint caused the damage to the rim when it broke apart, and said because it was only a possibility that the lower ball joint could have caused stress to the power steering, and isn't definite, I would have to cover the entire costs. I called the reimbursement department of Chrysler explaining the situation and they kept transferring me to supervisors, senior staff, other customer representatives, until finally today - 12/16 - I called 2 more times, and was told that they would only cover 25% of the rim damage.

2005 Jeep Liberty recall for lower ball joints. Consumer states that she could never get an appointment with any Jeep dealer to fix the vehicle for this recall and the wait was three to six months. The consumer stated as she was making a left hand turn, the ball joints broke and the vehicle became difficult to drive. Due to the way the ball joints broke, it landed on the rim of the tire and damaged the rim in the process.

The contact owns a 2005 Jeep Liberty. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer for repair. The technician inspected the vehicle and noticed corrosion in the front upper ball joints. The vehicle was not repaired at that time; however, the lower front ball joints were replaced eight months ago according to NHTSA campaign id number 06v288000 (suspension:front:control arm:lower ball joint). The contact was concerned of the safety risk involved. The VIN was unknown. The failure mileage was 77,000 and current mileage was 78,000. Updated 01/07/09. Updated 01/08/09.

The contact owns a 2005 Jeep Liberty. The contact heard a noise in the front end of her vehicle, which sounded like a helicopter on the passenger side. She took the vehicle to the dealer and was informed that the lower ball joints were defective. The dealer replaced the ball joints according to NHTSA campaign id number 06v288000 (suspension:front:control arm:lower ball joint), of which the contact had no knowledge. As a result, the two front tires were damaged due to the defective ball joints; however, the dealer refused to make the replacement. The manufacturer also stated that they would not replace the tires. The VIN was unknown. The current mileage was approximately 31,000 and failure mileage was approximately 30,000.

The contact owns a 2005 Jeep Liberty. The contact received a recall notice for NHTSA campaign id number 06v288000 (suspension:front:control arm:lower ball joint). The dealer was called numerous times since April of 2007 regarding this recall. The dealer stated that the part was unavailable and did not provide a time frame for when it would become available. There had been no failure to date. The current mileage was 30,450.

The contact owns a 2005 Jeep Liberty. The contact received a recall notice regarding the lower ball joints. At 16,703 miles, the vehicle was taken to the dealer for the recall repair. After the ball joints were replaced, he was not informed that the alignment was not performed. Four months after the replacement, he noticed that the tires were worn due to the alignment not being performed. The vehicle had 19,500 miles at that time. The contact called the dealer to demand a free alignment, but was informed that he would be responsible for the charges. The transmission type and recall number were unknown. The current mileage was 19,500 and failure mileage was 16,703.

A letter was sent to me from Chrysler concerning "safety recall f23 lower ball joints". I have contacted Chrysler several times and nothing has been done to assist me in resolving this "potential "life threatening" defect on my vehicle.

Received safety recall f-23 lower ball joints the week of 08-13-07, made appt for repairs on 08-23-07; while driving home on 08-21 in rainy conditions I was unable to steer my 2005 Jeep Liberty & struck a guardrail,damaging my front bumper, fortunately I was driving under 20 mph. I called Chrysler when I arrived home on the 21st & I still have not had a call back from the to advise me if they will pay the $600. 00 repair bill that I have for the damage to my front bumper. Chrysler associates advised me they are waiting to talk to the local dealer that replace the ball joints. I was also told that all of the information between the dealer & Chrysler are proprietary and therefore would not be disclosed to me.

The contact owns a 2005 Jeep Liberty. While attempting to make a right turn at 25 mph, the steering wheel locked. The contact lost control and the vehicle proceeded onto the other side of the road, where it crashed into an idle vehicle. The weather conditions were rainy. There were no injuries. One week prior to the crash, the contact stated that the vehicle felt strange, but assumed that it was due to the rain. She received a recall notice for the lower ball joints the day after the crash. The vehicle is unable to be driven and is parked at her residence. Police report number 10060304 was filed. The powertrain and recall number were unknown. The current and failure mileages were 41,802.

Our 2005 Jeep Liberty limited crd has had the lower front suspension ball joints replaced as part of the vehicle's recall notice. At approximately 30,000 miles, we went to an independent tire shop for an alignment due to poor tire wear and "wandering" characteristics when driving at highway speeds. The tire shop indicated that the vehicle had a defective upper ball joint and could replace the failed unit with permission from the dealer. The dealer, medved Jeep, denied the claim. We took the vehicle to medved who then claimed that the upper ball joints were not defective. At approximately 37,000 miles the vehicle had a higher frequency of front end clunking, so I took it back to medved who then claimed the noise was only an extraneous battery loose under the seat. At approximately 43,000 miles, the clunking had become disturbingly frequent and more severe. I took it back to medved and they now confirm that it's a faulty upper ball joint. However, they claim no responsibility for not correcting the problem at 30,000 miles or 37,000 miles. They refused to replace the defective part, and furthermore, called in a Chrysler inspector who reported that our 1-1/2" lift kit caused the problems with the ball joint. However, the boots on the ball joints are still intact and there is no visible evidence that indicates the cause of the ball joint failure (poor manufacturing versus lift kit). There has been no forensic evaluation of the failure. The upper ball joints on this vehicle have a "record" of failure per online forums. Many failures are on vehicles without lift kits- pointing to likely underengineered component's on the part of Jeep versus purely speculative conclusions that our 1-1/2" lift kit may have caused the failure. The lower ball joint engineering was faulty, and NHTSA should explore the related failures to the upper suspension ball joints. This is as potentially serious under catastrophic failure as the lower suspension ball joints.

The contact owns a 2005 Jeep Liberty. The contact received recall notice # 06v288000 (suspension: front: control arm: lower ball joint). The dealer was unable to repair the vehicle due to the lack of replacement parts. The contact is on a long waiting list. There are no other local dealers. No failures have occurred at this time. The current mileage is 20,000 and failure mileage was inapplicable.

Ref- safety recall f23 - lower ball joints. I received this first notice may 1 and contacted york Jeep here in prescott. 4 months later they have not yet repaired my vehicle. I keep getting told no parts are available - the parts are on order. I have contacted them monthly and get the same response. I think this is very strange. Can you help me get this resolved?.

The contact owns a 2005 Jeep Liberty. The contact received a recall notice for the suspension front control arm: lower ball joints. The dealer stated that the earliest appointment would be in three weeks. The time frame was unacceptable due to the safety risk involved. The failure mileage was unknown. The current mileage was 26,200. The contact has not experienced any failures at this time.

The contact owns a 2005 Chrysler Jeep Liberty. The contact received recall #06v288000 for the lower ball joints. The dealer stated that it will take 6 months for the part to become available. The current and failure mileage were 25,000. There were no failures at this time.

Received safety recall notice f23 - lower ball joints from daimler Chrysler in the mail. Went personally to dealership - painters sun country Chrysler, 1600 s. Hilton dr. , st. George, ut 84770 on 4/16/2007. Was told by female in service area that Chrysler only allows them two (2) repairs on this per week and it would take 4 to 5 months before they could get to fixing our vehicle.

The contact owns a 2005 Jeep Liberty. The contact received recall notice # 06v288000 concerning suspension:front:control arm:lower ball joint. Hewas not satisfied with the two month waiting in order to have the vehicle repaired. He called other dealers and the wait was the same. The current and failure mileages were 25,000.

The contact owns a 2005 Jeep Liberty. The contact has been on a waiting list for three months for recall # 06v288000. Repairs. The dealer stated that it will take approximately two more months before the lower ball joint part became available. The current and failure mileages were 33,000. Update 05/21/tr.