1999 Dodge Dakota complaints

WARPED ROTORS. THIRD SET OF ROTERS IN 46,000 MILES. THEY ARE TOO SMALL FOR THIS TRUCK. CAUSES PULSATING . *AK

WITHIN THE PAST 2 WEEKS, I SAW A NEWS STORY ON EITHER THE TODAY OR EARLY SHOW REGARDING THE SAFETY PROBLEMS WITH BALL JOINTS ON DODGE DURANGOS AND DAKOTAS. I STARTED NOTICING A PROBLEM WITH MY 1999 DAKOTA LAST YEAR AND FORTUNATELY HAD IT CHECKED OUT BEFORE IT CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. I ENDED UP HAVING BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT UPPER BALL JOINTS REPLACED.

DUE TO NEWS INFO CONCERNING DODGE DAKATO BALL JOINT FAILURES, WE TOOK OUR 1999 DODGE DAKOTA, WITH 52,000 TOTAL MILES ON IT, TO OUR LOCAL DEALER TO HAVE THE BALL JOINTS CHECKED ON MARCH 15, 2004. WE WERE INFORMED BY THEIR SHOP THAT THEY ARE BAD AND READY TO FAIL AND SHOULD BE REPLACED. THEIR QUOTE TO REPLACE THEM IS $775.37!!! THIS IS PREMATURE FAILURE AND THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL! *JB

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

I ALONG WITH EVERYONE ELSE THAT OWNS A LATE MODEL (1998-2002) DODGE DAKOTA OR DURANGO HAVE BEEN TOLD I NEED TO REPLACE MY BALL JOINTS. SINCE DAMLER CHRYSLER IS BEING FLOODED WITH COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE WEAK MATERIAL USED IN THESE MODEL YEARS I FEEL IT IS THEIR RESPONCABILITY TO FIX THE WEAK COMPONANTS.*AK

WHILE TURNING CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT BALL JOINTS. *AK

ACCORDING TO THE DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT, BOTH LOWER BALL JOINTS ON MY 1999 DAKOTA ARE FAILING AND NEED REPLACEMENT AT 35,700 MILES. UPPER LEFT BALL JOINT FAILED AND WAS REPLACED IN DECEMBER, 2003 WHEN I HAD NEW TIRES PUT ON AND THE TIRE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DO AN ALLIGNMENT DUE TO THE POOR CONDITION OF THE BALL JOINT.*AK

DURING ROUTINE OIL CHANGE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT FRONT UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE AND HARD TO MAINTAIN. ALSO, THE RIDE WAS VERY BUMPY DUE TO DEFECTIVE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS AT 80,000 MILES. *AK

WHILE DRIVING A RATTLING NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE WHEEL. CONSUMER NOTICED THAT BOTH FRONT WHEELS WERE LOOSE. DRIVER SIDE TIRE HAD STRESS MARKS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT BOTH UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

FAULTY BALL JOINTS IN MY 1999 DODGE DAKOTA AT 34,000 MILES AND 74,000 MILES

WHILE DRIVING A LOUD RATTLING NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE DRIVER SIDE. CONSUMER CONTACTED A MECHANIC ABOUT THE PROBLEM. DRIVER STATED THAT HE WOULD BRING THE VEHICLE IN FOR ANALYSIS IN THE NEAR FUTURE. *AK

CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE TIRES WERE WEARING OUT FASTER THAN NORMAL. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO EXAMINED IT AND FOUND THAT THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS NEEDED REPLACEMENT.*AK

I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE SHOCKS THREE TIMES WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR AND TWO OTHER TIMES SINCE. THE BOLTS KEPT BREAKING OFF OF THEM, UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS, INNER AND OUTER TIE RODS AND THE STEERING BOX. I HAVE SPENT APRX $5,000.00 TAKING CARE OF THESE PROBLEMS AND THEY ARE STILL NOT CORRECT.

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE DAKAOTA WITH 50,000 MILES AND THE DEALERSHIP SAID I NEEDED MY BALL JOINTS REPLACE. I THINK THIS IS REDICULUS. I NEED TO GET THIS FIX, BUT I WILL NOT PAY FOR SOMETHING THAT IS DEFECTIVE. DO I KEEP DRIVING? AND RISK MY LIFE. I WOULD GLADLY PAY FOR IT IF CHRYSLER WILL REIMBURSE ME LATER WITH A PROMISE.

HAD TO REPLACE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS ON A 1999 DODGE RAM 4 X 4 PICKUP WITH ONLY 29,000 MILES ON IT

DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THAT FRONT BALL JOINTS WERE WORN OUT. CONSUMER WAS NOT HAVING ANY PROBLEMS AT THIS TIME. *AK

THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AFTER THE CONSUMER SAW A TV REPORT ABOUT BALL JOINT FAILURE. THE CONSUMER HAD NO INDICATION THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE BALL JOINTS BEFORE THE NEWS REPORT. THE DEALER MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE WORN OUT AND THE VEHICLE CANNOT BE DRIVEN IN THIS CONDITION. ALSO THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE BALL JOINTS ARE ON BACK ORDER. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.

UPPER CONTROL ARM AND BALL JOINTS HAD BEEN REPLACED TWICE WITHIN 22,000 MILES. *AK

UNSAFE BALL JOINTS REQUIRED COSTLY REPAIR JUST AFTER WARRANTY EXPIRED

1999 DODGE DAKOTA.I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE NEW IN LATE 1998. IN THE FIVE YEARS I HAVE OWNED IT, I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE TWO BALL JOINTS IN THE RIGHT FRONT. CURRENTLY, A METAL-ON-METAL SQUEAK EXISTS IN THE RIGHT FRONT, AND I BELIEVE IT IS A BALL JOINT. I HAVE LUBRICATED ALL PIVOT POINTS AND JOINTS, BUT CANNOT LUBRICATE THE BALL JOINTS. THE SQUEAK STILL EXISTS. HERE HAS BEEN NO INCIDENT AS OF THIS DATE. I ONLY FILLED IN THE INCIDENT DATE BELOW WITH TODAY'S BECAUSE IT IS A REQUIRED FIELD.*AK

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A BALL JOINT PROBLEM. CONSUMER HEARD A CLICKING SOUND WHEN TURNING THE VEHICLE IN EITHER DIRECTION. TIRES WEARING OUT PREMATURELY DUE TO BALL JOINT FAILURE. *AK

I HAD BEEN NOTICING FOR SOME TIME A LOUD RATTLING FROM THE FRONT END OF MY DODGE DAKOTA PICKUP TRUCK. AS THE STEERING GOT WORSE, I TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL DEALER, AND THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID THAT THE CONTROL ARMS ON THE STEERING WERE SHOT AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THIS COST ME MORE THAN $1,000.00 TO REPAIR. I HAVE SINCEHEARD THAT SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT ENDS OF THEIR DODGE VEHICLES. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND IF THERE IS A RECALL.

WHILE ROTATING TIRES, AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF PLAY WAS OBSERVED IN THE UPPER BALL JOINT. MILEAGE AT 50,123. THE COST OF REPAIRS AT DODGE 1,924.00 PARTS AND LABOR,ON OEM PARTS.THESE ARE THE SAME BALL JOINTS THAT ORIGINALLY FAILED. NEED TO BE REPLACED WITH BALL JOINTS WITH GREASE FITTINGS, WHICH I AM HAVING DONE FOR 565.00 PARTS AND LABOR.

I HAD BEEN NOTICING FOR SOME TIME A LOUD RATTLING FROM THE FRONT END OF MY DODGE DAKOTA PICKUP TRUCK. AS THE STEERING GOT WORSE, I TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL DEALER, AND THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID THAT THE CONTROL ARMS ON THE STEERING WERE SHOT AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THIS COST ME MORE THAN $1,000.00 TO REPAIR. I HAVE SINCEHEARD THAT SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT ENDS OF THEIR DODGE VEHICLES. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND IF THERE IS A RECALL.

FRONT BALL JOINTS WENT BAD ON MY 1999 DODGE DAKOTA. IT WAS CAUGHT BECAUSE MY TIRES WHICH WERE 6 MONTHS OLD WERE WEARING ON A SLANT.*AK

I JUST HAD MY 1999 DODGE DAKOTA R/T'S UPPER BALL JOINTS REPLACED. I WAS SURFING THE INTERNET JUST TO SEE IF OTHER PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AS ME. IT IS STRANGE THAT A 1999 VEHICLE WITH 70,000 MILES ON IT THE UPPER BALL JOINTS ARE BAD. THIS SEEMS TO BE AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH DODGE, I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON THAT THIS IS HAPPENING TO IT SEEMS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING TO FORK OUT MONEY FOR A PROBLEM THAT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED IN THE FIRST PLACE. ALL DODGE WILL HAVE TO DO IS RECALL ALL THE VEHICLES WITH NO GRASES FITTINGS IN THE BAL JOINTS AND REPLACE THEM WITH ONES THAT DO. I MEAN AFTER ALL YOU HAVE METAL RUBBING ON METAL WITH NO GREASE IT IS GOING TO WEAR OUT WITHOUT ANY LUBRICATION. I WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM , IT COULD POSSIBLE LEAD TO MALFUNCTION OF THE VEHICLE AND CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY OR EVEN DEATH.*AK

HAVING NEW TIRES REPLACED ON MY 1999 DODGE DAKOTA 4WD, I WAS INFORMED AND SHOWN THAT THE FRONT BALL JOINTS AND TIE RODS WERE RUSTED AND WORN OUT. IT WAS DEFINITLEY DANEROUS TO DRIVE THE PICKUP AND THAT THE WHEEL WOULD FALL OFF! I DO NOT HAVE THE $1,000.00 TO REPAIR IT AND FROM WHAT IV'E BEEN TOLD, THEY JUST REPLACE THE WORN PARTS WITH THE SAME NEW DEFECTIVE PARTS. KINDA LIKE A BANDAID. HELP!!*AK

UPPER BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED AT 29256 MILES BECAUSE THEY WERE ON THE VERGE OF FAILING. *PH *MR

UPPER AND LOWER BALL-JOINTS NEED TO BE REPLACED. *JB

MY 1999 DODGE DAKOTA HAS ABOUT 31,000 MILES ON IT. THE BALL JOINTS ARE BAD. CAN'T BE PROPERLY ALIGNED WITHOUT NEW ONES. RUINING BRAND NEW TIRES. CHRYSLER NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. LOTS OF COMPLAINTS ON INTERNET WEB SITES. SAFETY IS AT STAKE. *JB

THE STEERING FELT LOOSE WHEN DRIVING OVER BUMPS IN THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO DETERMINED THE LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE WORN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *JB THE MECHANIC CONTACTED THE CONSUMER'S INSURANCE COMPANY AND RECEIVED AUTHORIZATION TO REPLACE THE LEFT AND RIGHT LOWER BALL JOINTS. PRIOR TO THE BALL JOINTS BEING REPLACED THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TWICE FOR LOOSE STEERING, BUT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *NM

BALL JOINT REPLACEMENT. I AM ON MY THIRD SET OF BALL JOINT ON 1999 DODGE DAKOTA 4 BY 4. WITH THE 5.2 LITER V8. LAST YEAR AT ANNUAL INSECTION AND AGAIN THIS YEAR AT ANNUAL INSPECTION. *AK

EXCESSIVE ENGINE KNOCK.PPER BALL JOINT FAILURE.NADEQUATE HEADLIGHT PROJECTION ON LOW BEAM. *AK

OWN A 19'99 DAKOTA EXT CAB 4X4, 5.2L. 52K MILES. UPON INSPECTION OF BALL JOINTS THERE IS STARTING TO BE SOME LOOSNESS, BUT ARE STILL WITHIN SPEC. THERE IS UNUSAL NOISES COMING FROM THE FRONT END WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS, INDICATING SOME TYPE OF LOOSENESS. ALL 4 JOINTS ARE LEAKING GREASE INDICATING FAILURE COULD POSSIBLY HAPPEN WITHIN THE NEXT 10K MILES WHICH WOULD PUT IT IN THE RANGE OF OTHER FAILED TRUCKS.*AK

PULSATING, SHAKING IN BRAKE. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE ROTORS AND PADS NUMEROUS TIMES. PADS AND ROTORS NEVER SEEM TO LAST AS LONG AS THEY SHOULD. I HAVE REPLACED MY STOCK ROTORS WITH CROSS DRILLED ROTORS, AND THAT SEEMED TO HELP FOR A LITTLE WHILE. EVENTUALLY THEY WARPED AS WELL. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE CONSUMER HEARD POPPING SOUNDS COMING FROM THE WHEEL AREA. DURING AN INSPECTION, THE MECHANIC FOUND THAT THE UPPER BALL JOINTS WERE SEVERELY WORN. *AK *SC *JB

BALL JOINT FAILURE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *LA

FAILING/LOSE BALL JOINTS ON 1999 DODGE DAKOTA. *LA

BRAKE PEDAL BROKE WHEN THE SUV APPLIED HIS BRAKE HARD TO STOP FOR THE PICKUP IN FRONT OF HIM. I WAS BEHIND HIM ABOUT 4 TO 5 CAR LENGTHS GOING BETWEEN 40 TO 45 MPH, I HIT THE BRAKES THEY WORKED FOR A SPLIT SECOND AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I REAR ENDED THE SUV. THE ACCIDENT CAUSED ABOUT $3500 DAMAGE TO THE SUV, $2500. TO THE PICKUP IN FRONT OF IT AND $6500 TO $7000. DAMAGE TO MY 19999 DODGE DAKOTA. THE POINT THAT THE BRAKE LINKAGE CONNECTS TO THE BRAKE PEDAL BROKE OFF THE BRAKE PEDAL. *CB

COMPUTER CONTROLS, LOUD SPARK KNOCK UNDER MODERATE ACCELERATION, UPDATED OSFTWARE ON PCM EXHAUST/EMISSION, LOUD POPPING SOUNDS (BAD CONVERTER) SUSPENSION, LOUD POPPING FROM RIGHT FRONT SIDE UPON SHIFTING, BRAKING, EXITING AND ENTERING VEHICLE, REPL RIGHT UPPER AND LOWER CONTROL ARMS, ALIGNMENT

PAINT ON TOP OF CAB IS PEALING. DODGE TOLD ME THAT THEY WOULD PAY 50% OF $400.00 I FEEL THAT THIS IS WRONG. THEY ALSO SAID THAT THIS IS A RARE PROBLEM. ALMOST ALL DAKOTA HAVE THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS A BOLD LIE. I WOULD LIKE TO FIGHT THIS.

I HAVE EXPERIENCED CLANKING AND FRONT END JUMPING WHEN MAKING TURNS IN THE FRONT END OF MY 1999 DODGE DAKOTA. THIS WAS PRESENTED, WHICH WAS ADRESSED BY ROTATING AND BALANCING THE FRONT AND BACK TIRES COME TO FIND OUT IT WAS MY UPPER BALL JOINTS IN MY SUSPENSION !!!!!!!! DUE TO THE MILAGE PUT ON MY FRONT TIRES, ABNORMAL WEAR HAS OCCURED DUE TO THE SUSPENSION. I MUST ALSO REPLACE THE DAMAGED TIRES CAUSED BY A DODGE DEFECT!!!!!!! I AM ALSO SUSPECTING EXCESSIVE BRAKE WEAR IN THE FRONT END DUE TO THIS.

IN SEPTEMBER OF 2003 THE RIGHT FRONT SUSPENSION BEGAN MAKING CREAKING SOUNDS ANYTIME THE TRUCK WENT OVER A BUMP. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED FULLY TO THE LEFT, THE RIGHT FRONT SUSPENSION MAKE A LOUD CLUNCH SOUND JUST PRIOR TO HITTING THE WHEEL TURN STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS LOOKED AT BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND HE DETERMINED THAT THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS ON THE RIGHT FRONT WERE FAILING. HE ALSO NOTED THAT THE LEFT UPPER BALL JOINT ALSO HAD SOME MOVEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN LOOKED AT BY THE LOCAL DODGE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY DETERMINED THAT ONLY THE RIGHT SIDE UPPER AND LOWER CONTROL ARMS AND BALL JOINTS NEEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND REPAIRS WERE MADE. TWO WEEKS LATER I RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND SHOWED THEM THE MOVEMENT ON THE LEFT SIDE. THAT SIDE WAS THEN REPLACED.

EVERY TIME I USED THE LIGHTER THE FUSE WOULD BLOW, MY RADIO WOULD FAIL AND I WOULD HAVE TROUBLES WITH MY WIPERS. I CHECKED ALL FUSES AND DIDN'T FIND A PROBLEM. ALL OF A SUDDEN MY HEADLIGHTS WILL GO OUT AND ONCE IN A WHILE IF I CLICK MY HIGH BEAMS ON AND OFF THE DRIVING HEADLIGHTS WILL EVENTUALLY COME BACK ON. I WAS IN NORTHERN MAINE AND I LOST MY POWER STEERING. I HAD TO WALK THROUGH THE WOODS TO A CABIN I COULD SEE HAD ITS HOUSE LIGHT ON AND KNOCK ON THE DOOR FOR HELP. ONCE MY TRUCK WAS FREED FROM BEING STUCK I HAD TO DRIVE 3 MILES BACK TO THE MOUNTAIN W/NO POWER STEERING. WHEN I BROUGHT IT TO THE LOCAL DEALER THEY SHOWED ME THAT THERE WAS SOME LONG SILVER ROD LIKE THING, WHICH HAD JUST BROKEN IN HALF!! I DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING OF IT BECAUSE IT WAS STILL COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. A WHILE LATER, MY BRAKE SYSTEM HAD TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $800. I SAID I JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY AT THAT TIME. LEE DODGE OF WESTBROOK MAINE CALLED AND SAID THEY COULD FIX THE PROBLEM FOR $150! I HAD AN ACCIDENT ABOUT JANUARY 2001 AND MY AIRBAG DID NOT GO OFF. I WAS RUN OFF THE ROAD IN A SNOWSTORM AND HIT A TREE. THIS PAST JUNE MY TRUCK WENT IN TO BE INSPECTED AND I WAS TOLD MY UPPER CONTROL ARMS AND BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED!! EVEN I KNEW THAT AT 44K OR SO MILES IT WAS FAR TOO SOON FOR ME TO NEED THOSE PARTS REPLACED. I LIVE ON A FIXED INCOME BECAUSE I AM DISABLED. WHEN I WENT TO PICK UP MY TRUCK MY PASSENGER SIDE DOOR WOULD NO LONGER CLOSE CORRECTLY, MY HOOD WOULD NO LONGER OPEN AND TH

I RECENTLY HAD MY TRUCK IN FOR PRE-WINTER MAINTENANCE CHECK, MY MECHANIC SAID THREE OUT OF THE FOUR BALL JOINTS ARE BAD AND NEED REPLACING. ALSO, WHEN I DO HAVE THEM REPLACED I MAY AS WELL DO ALL FOUR BECAUSE HE HAS SEEN "A LOT" OF DAKOTAS WITH BALL JOINTS GOING BAD. I WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD COST $490 TO HAVE THEM REPLACED. WITH JUST OVER 58K MILES, RARELY DRIVEN OFF OF BLACKTOP, AND GIVEN THE RECENTLY PUBLICITY BY THE NEWS MEDIA, IT'S OBVIOUS THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM HERE. I FIND THIS TO BE JUSTIFICATION FOR A RECALL OR AT THE VERY LEAST A MANUFACTURERS RE-IMBERSEMENT FOR THE COST OF THE PARTS.

THE LOWER BALL JOINT ON MY 1999 DODGE DAKOTA FAILED. THIS CAUSED THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF VEHICLE TO SLAM VIOLENTLY TO THE GROUND. THE RACK AND PINION WAS DAMAGED AS A RESULT. STEERING ALIGNMENT WAS GREATLY AFFECTED AS WELL. FRONT BUMPER WAS ALSO DAMAGED. I UNDERSTAND THAT THESE BALL JOINTS ARE A GROWING CONCERN WITH DAKOTAS AND DURANGOS AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME ACTION TAKEN BY THE MANUFACTURER. *LA

WHILE DRIVING A NOISE WAS HEARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO DETERMINED THE LOWER RIGHT BALL JOINTS AND STABILIZER BUSHINGS WERE WORN OUT AND NEEDED TO REPLACED. *AK *JB

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM REAR. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR ANALYSIS, AND MECHANIC NOTICED THAT BOTH UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO CORROSION. *AK

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE DAKOTA WITH 29,985 MILES. I BOUGHT IT NEW. THE BALL JOINTS ARE IN BAD SHAPE. THE DEALER (RUSSELL DODGE - NOW UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP) SAYS THEY EXPECT A RECALL TO OCCUR ON THIS AS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. BUT THEY KEEP TELLING ME TO WAIT. I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT MY SAFETY. I HAVE EMAILED CHRYSLER TWICE, BUT ALL THEY SAY IS THAT THERE IS NO CURRENT RECALL. ARE THEY WAITING FOR INJURIES OR DEATHS? I SEE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THE WEB ABOUT THESE BALL JOINTS BREAKING. IS NHTSA DOING ANYTHING ABOUT THIS? IS CHRYSLER DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT? ALSO, I JUST BOUGHT 4 NEW MICHELIN TIRES TO REPLACE THE DANGEROUS GOODYEAR TIRES THAT CAME WITH THIS VEHICLE. NOT REPLACING ALL THE BALL JOINTS COULD RUIN THESE EXPENSIVE TIRES AND VOID THEIR WARRANTEE. IN THE "INCIDENT DATE" BOX BELOW, I HAVE ENTERED TODAYS DATE, BUT THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM OVER MANY MONTHS. PLEASE HELP.*AK