Front Suspension Control Arm problems of the 2003 Volkswagen Passat

Front control arms failure. Very common in this suspension design. There has been a recall issued in europe for the same problem. Likewise, the Audi a4 shares the same chassis and same front end suspension. These control arms are seriously under designed. This is dangerous! having this fail while driving will result in death or serious injury. This is a design flaw, and is being overlooked. The bushings on my control arms (all 4 for each of my front wheels, eight in total) are seriously cracked and need replacement. This is not something that should be failing at 50k and 70k miles. Volkswagen should be held responsible for replacing failed control arms.

: the contact stated while traveling up hill at 25mph the vehicle sputtered and stalled. The vehicle was towed to a dealer where it was determined the fuel pump needed to be replaced. Previously the contact experienced braking problems while traveling at high speeds. There was vibration and grabbing in front end of the vehicle when braking. The vehicle was seen by the service dealer four times. The front rotors, the rear rotors and both control arms were replaced. The problem was corrected by the replacement of these parts for twenty thousand miles and has now returned.

I have a 2003 vw Passat sw. About a year after I bought it I noticed when it started to get cold in the winter the right front suspension would make noises as if something was grinding or broke in the suspension. I brought the car to victory vw in harrisburg, PA in the late fall/early winter of 03'. They ended up changing the control arms that time I believe. Well, this year when it started getting cold the noises came back. I have had the car in the same dealership twice to have the problem checked out. Both times the car has been in the shop the air temp has been too warm for the noises to be reproduced. I've looked around the internet on various vw blogs and found that there are others also having problems with their right front suspension as I am. I also found that some are having problems with front suspension in general. My dilemma is that this car is getting ready to go out of warranty in about a thousand miles and I don't feel it's my responsibility to fix this problem when it has been fixed by vw in the past and will probably need to be fixed again in the future. Any help you can give on this issue is appreciated.