Ball Joint problems of the 2000 Toyota Tundra

Ball joint on front passenger side broke. This will be the third time it has broke. Replaced it every time. Once turning in a business right in the middle of the street, damaging vehicle, once backing out of my driveway, and once turning into a parking spot.

Approximately one year ago there was a separation of my ball joint on the driver side of my car. I was going about 25 mile an hour and basically my front end collapsed and the wheel separated from my vehicle. I took it to the local mechanic and had it repaired. Then on April 13th 2014 it happened again on my passenger side. This time I was rolling to a stop sign so the tire did not completely separate from the vehicle. After happening twice I looked up recall and discovered this exact scenario was described for my vehicle type during the years of 2002-2004. I was lucky both times I was not traveling at a high rate of speed. Nhtsa action number :ea04024 is the recall I am referring to.

The contact owns a 2000 Toyota Tundra. The contact stated that after receiving a recall in regards to NHTSA campaign id number 09v444000 (structure: frame and members: underbody shields). The contact had the recall component repaired. The contact stated that while driving approximately 15 to 20 mph, the right front side of the vehicle dropped. The contact exiting and inspecting the vehicle, he noticed that the wheel had separated. The vehicle was later towed to an independent mechanic. After diagnosis they advised him that the ball joints failed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and they offered no assistance. The failure and current mileage was approximately 163,075.

I purchased the 2000 Toyota Tundra in July of 2010, about a year later on July 4th 2011, the front passenger wheel broke off at the ball joints lodging the wheel under the vehicle, when this happened I was going about 65mph down the interstate. Luckily I was able to safely move the truck to the shoulder without causing an accident. I had the ball joints replaced on the front of both sides to be safe along with a few other parts that were damaged in the accident. About two months after the accident the same thing happens again on the same side. The parts used to fix it the first time were factory Toyota parts. Ive read where numerous other people had the same problem out of they're 2000 Tundra but the recall does not cover this model even though the same parts are used.

Left front ball joint failed, while towing a trailer with my wife and a two year old. Mechanic found "severe rust" and stated vehicle was not safe drive.