Ball Joint Problems of Toyota 4Runner

Takata recall: I was driving on. Freeeway (5) freeway and ball joints busted off and lost wheel and slid about 60 feet before stoping. Busted break line and bent control joint.

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The ball joint on my 1999 Toyota 4runner broke while I was driving the vehicle. By the grace of god, I stopped at mcdonald's before my long journey onto the freeway, with my 9 month old baby in the car, and that saved us from a very bad crash that may have taken our lives had we been going 60-70 mph. How does a ball joint break in half???.

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The contact owns a 1998 Toyota 4runner. The contact stated that while entering a residential driveway at 5 mph, the front passenger ball joint failed. The failure caused the front passenger side of the vehicle to collapse. The contact stated the vehicle had an alignment performed eight days prior to the failure and there was no mention of any issues with the vehicle. The contact stated the failure also destroyed the inner and outer boot of the vehicle and caused grease to leak abnormally. The failure and the current mileages were 159,158.

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While making a lane change(from lane 3 to lane 4), I suddenly lost control of my 2001 4runner on the freeway, and ended up hydroplaning across the freeway towards the center divider. I was some how able to stop my car mostly in lane 1 and partially in lane 2 but before I could attempt to straighten out my car I was then hit by another vehicle. Due to this impact, my car was a total loss. Roads were wet due to rain and visibility was low due to evening. I feel the cause of the accident may have been due to a ball joint/steering failure because 1. I was moving right but somehow ended up hydroplaning left 2. My front right tire fell off(but this may have been due to impact of the other car hitting my front end-but saw an article about a fatal accident 03/21/2006-2000 4runner where the driver veered right, rolled over, driver died and her left front tire fell off. ). My car veered left and my right front tire fell off, her car veered right and her left front tire fell off. 3. I have 25+ years of experience driving with no major accidents and I was simply making a lane change. I did not make any sudden turns ( I think my SUV would have surely rolled over) ,did not brake suddenly(no one was in lane 4 when I made the lane change) and was not on my cell phone. I later found out(via internet) that there was a recall on 2001-2002 4runner for ball joint failure. I never received a recall notice. I contacted Toyota and was told that my car was not part of the recall. I asked them to investigate the crash and they told me they would need to have the vehicle for 60 days and that someone would call me back in 3 days to set up an appointment, but they never called back to set up the appointment. Since I work full time and have a small child, I am not able to give up my car for 60 days, so I settled with my car insurance.

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Front suspension failed, causing a-arm to collapse. Front end is sitting down on tires. Dealr has not been contacted. The ball joint connecting a-arm to bottom backing plate failed.