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Dodge Dakota Quad Cab 2000 Complaint

Complaint about SUSPENSION : FRONT : CONTROL ARM : UPPER BALL JOINT

BISMARCK, ND

Consumer Complaint:
HEARD A LOT OF SQUEAKING AND CLUNKING, TOOK TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD UPPER BALL JOINTS HAVE GONE BAD ALONG WITH INNER TIE-RODS. THIS WOULD COST AROUND $1200 TO FIX, THAT COST COULD BE REDUCED ALOT IF A PERSON COULD FIND NON-OEM PARTS BUT INSTEAD YOU ARE FORCED TO BUY FROM DODGE AND THEN YOU CANT EVEN BUY THE INDIVIDUAL TIE-RODS YOU HAVE TO BUY THE ENTIRE STEERING ASSEMBLY. DODGE KNOWS THIS IS A PROBLEM AND DID HELP WITH THE COST OF THE PARTS BUT THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT SHOULD GO OUT ON A VEHICLE WITH ONLY 45000 MILES, ESPECIALLY WHEN IF EITHER PART HAD FAILED COMPLETELY I COULD HAVE LOST TOTAL CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE.*AK

Date of Incident:
20040217

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