Re: Feds Urge Dodge to Make Recall for Ball Joints

From: andy levy (andy-dml@levyclan.us)
Date: Sat Dec 11 2004 - 20:46:00 EST


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On 12/11/2004 2:22 PM, Bill Pitz wrote:
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| Eric Huff wrote:
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|>> arent the ball joints of the same design for the 00's-up the same
|>> as the ones for 97-99 ? If so why arent they recall them as well.
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|> Weren't the bad ones from a particular mfr over a certain number of
|> years?
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|> I wouldn't be surprised to find out they forgot grease for awhile,
|> or used bad grease or something like that.
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| Well, they were saying that "most" of the "bad" ones came from a
| particular manufacturer's plant in Indiana (sounds like trying to blame
| someone else for a crappy design to me) but I think the recall is
| covering more than just that.

The numbers seem to indicate that there may be multiple sources for
balljoints.

600,000 4x4 Durangos & Dakotas, over 4 model years (2000-2003).

That averages to 75,000 vehicles per model per year. But we know Dodge
makes a lot more than that.

If it were *all* 4x4s affected, it would mean that a large majority of
the Daks & Durangos sold in that time were 2WD.

But I don't know the breakdown of 2WD vs. 4WD, nor the exact production
numbers. I know I see a lot more 4x4s of each model than 2WDs every
day, but this isn't exactly Miami or SoCal.

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