Re: Feds Urge Dodge to Make Recall for Ball Joints

From: DR CHALLENGER (drchallenger@hotmail.com)
Date: Sat Dec 11 2004 - 01:28:35 EST


unless the replacements parts are of improved design we will be back here in
2 years.

>From: andy levy <andy-dml@levyclan.us>
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>On 12/10/2004 10:11 PM, Bill Pitz wrote:
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>| Phillip Batson wrote:
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>|> Just saw on the news that they are issuing a recall on
>|> them! woohoo! Gonna get my '00 fixed! :)
>|
>|
>| Yep, it's official:
>| http://money.cnn.com/2004/12/10/pf/autos/dodge/index.htm?cnn=yes
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>|
>| I'm glad that they are finally admitting to the problem. I suspect they
>| will probably end up recalling more vehicles now that they have admitted
>| publicly that there is definitely a problem.
>
>I doubt DC thinks they're "admitting" to anything, they're just
>appeasing the NHSTA and the very few people who've spoken out.
>
>| I wonder how long it will be before I can get this done. I'm calling my
>| dealer on Monday...
>
>Good luck! Last time I tried to get a recall done pre-emptively, the
>dealer wouldn't talk to me about it until I had the letter from Dodge in
>my hands.
>
>On one hand, I can understand - if you're having supply chain issues,
>then sending out recall letters at a pace they can be fulfilled makes
>sense, rather than getting crushed by demand you can't meet. OTOH, this
>is a dangerous problem, and they should be taking care of it as fast as
>the trucks come in the door.
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