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Suspension Lower Ball Joint

ODI ID: 560844 NHTSA Complaint ID: 311656

Make: Mitsubishi Model: 1995 ECLIPSE 95

Component/Parts: Suspension Lower Ball Joint

Failure Date: November 11, 2000 Complaint Date: April 19, 2001

City/State: PICO RIVER, CA (California)
Crash: NA Fire: NA Injured: 0 Deaths: 0

Complaint Description: while making a turn, vehicle made a very loud cracking noise and vehicle fell to ground, consumer had no control of steering, car came to a complete stop after skidding a long distance across two lanes,after getting out of car consumer noticed left front wheel was at an awkward angle,about 45 degrees from vertical and the whole front left side of the car was on the ground, wheel was still attached to car, after having car towed was adc by mechanic that ball joint separated from the lower arm which caused the wheel to pull away from the car and crash to the ground,consumer found website that stated there was a recall on this part, but was adv by mitsubushi that vehicle had already been looked at in november 1999 which included inspecting parts and only replacing what was damaged,consumer went back to website and found another recall notice that superceded the previous recall notice and this recall went out in 2000,consumer was adv by mitsubishi that they knew nothing of the recall,and said they could not make another recall on the same part they already recalled, he was adv that maybe nhtsa was updating website page,consumer was adv by mitsubishi to call nhtsa to found out was going on. * .