Front Suspension Upper Ball Joint Problems of Volkswagen Passat

Took car for state inspection. Mechanic found both left an right upper ball joints and both tie rods defective at 53,000 miles.

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Front upper control arms and outer tie rods had to be replaced for the second time. First time at 55,552 miles and second time at 75,959 miles. That's only 20,407 miles difference for the $1200. 00 repair to be done again. Absurd. Called the vw customer care and they refuse to reimburse in any way stating the 2 year warranty expired. This defect would never fall within the warranty period so they have no excuse. I already absorbed the cost for the 1st repair so in all fairness they should cover the 2nd time. This is a very common problem with vw's. I'm not going to pay $1200 every 20,000 to have my car repaired. I will go legal and forward this complaint to consumer reports, the bbb, and the attorney general.

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I own 2001 vw Passat with 43200 miles. This past year I noticed failures of outer cv joint boot both sides and rubber dust boots on all ball joints which causes a dirt and water to destroy ball joints. I changed outer cv join boot both sides and one upper control arm ball joint and others will fail soon.

Upper control arm bushings (4 upper control arms, 2 per side) are torn and suspension has play coupled with loose steering resulting in noise.

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Recall for lower control arms only even though in most cases the upper control arm needs replacements. . Read more...

Control arms/ball joint failed, requiring replacement under 50k miles. Purchased car new .

1998 volkswagon Passat 1. 8 turbo 39, 250 mileage. Front end noise, reduced control in handling, resulted in the replacement of all control arms & tie rod ends on driver side- the lower found to have corrosion in the socket.

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I've had a clunking sound in the front suspension whenever I hit a bump. It has gotten progressively worse for the last several months. The dealer tells me it is the front upper control arms and ball joints and that there is a TSB on such. This is a common well known problem with this model and poses a safety issue.

Upper and lower ball joints making grinding noise dealer suggested replacing all upper and lower ball joints on left and right sides.

Both control arms failed on 1999 Passat glx @ 60000 miles on left and right side of the car. Repair covered by vw extended warranty to the tune of $689 per side of the vehicle, but these control arms should not be failing! steering, control, and tire wear suffer serious impairment as a result of these failures.

Had to replace all of the front control arms and tie rod ends on my 2000 Passat glx 4-motion wagon. Five out of 8 control arms were in very poor conditions with torn boots over the ball joints. The ball joints in the controll arms were torn and ball joins were dry and noisy. The tie rod ball joins were worn out and making noises. The car has not be wrecked or damaged other wise.

Control arms and ball joints need to be replaced with only 43000 miles on the vehicle. Volkswagen went by recommendation of dealer not to help with the cost of repair.

Arm control ball joints and bushings prematurely failed on vehicle. Ball joint failure was so severe that it could have separated from the rack and disabled steering of vehicle.

Front upper control arm needs replacement because ball joint is loose. This causes severe rattling when driving over even little bumps.

A loud noise was heard while driving the vehicle. The dealer determined the front upper and lower ball joints were cracked on the right side and leaking oil. Please provide details.

A noise was heard in the front end when turning the steering wheel left or right. Consumer took vehicle to the dealer, and dealer determined that upper and lower ball joints were defective.