*hopefully this is not more bad or old news.

I came across this yesterday evening while looking for parts for my Dango for my summer maintenance (tranny / rear diff fluid replacement, shocks etc).

Upper Ball Joints are problematic with many Durango owners since this SUV came out. From the NHTSA website; "NHTSA investigators say the upper ball joint complaints on Durango far outnumber any other SUV on the road: The Durango received 395 upper ball joint complaints, compared to the Ford Explorer, 12; the Chevy Blazer, 11; and the Grand Cherokee didn't get any... "


I have been waiting for a possible recall from Chrysler/Dodge but it does not seem like its going to happen even with this past March's upper ball joint failures that led to two different accidents in the 2000 model.

Here is one of the stories: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/...in603833.shtml


CarQuest has our fix...hopefully this is a better product part


1997-1999 http://www.carquest.com/techbulletin...Q-PS-K7242.pdf
part #K7242

2000-2004 http://www.carquest.com/techbulletins/chassis/25886.pdf
part #K7392



They are not stocked in my area, but they stated that the main warehouses have ordered them and they should be arriving in many Car Quest Parts stores.


Hopefully this helps out some of us who are dreading this problem.

 

good find. at least someone gives a crap

 

good find. at least someone gives a crap