WHEN ON VACATION GETTING READY TO DRIVE BACK HOME FROM NC TO NY TURNING INTO A PARKING LOT THE RIGHT FRONT BALL JOINT SNAPPED. WE HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO HAVE IT REPAIRED ONLY TO FIND OUT WHEN WE ARRIVED HOME AND I LOOKED UP ONLINE THAT THERE HAD BEEN AN PREVIOUS RECALL ON THIS THAT I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF. THE REPAIR TECH RIPPED THE "BETTER BRAND" MORE EXPENSIVE MOOG BRAND BOOT WHEN HE PUT IT ON AND DIDN'T TELL US. WE DIDN'T FIND OUT UNTIL ARRIVING HOME & THEN WE HAD TO TAKE IT TO ANOTHER SHOP 45 MIN AWAY TO HAVE IT REPAIRED AGAIN.. IF WE HAD BEEN NOTIFIED PREVIOUSLY WE WOULD HAVE HAD THIS TAKEN CARE OF PRIOR TO AND HAD IT FIXED THE RIGHT WAY. THANKFULLY WE WERE PULLING INTO A GAS STATION PARKING LOT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT AND NOT 20 MIN LATER WHEN WE WERE DRIVING 65 MPH DOWN THE HIGHWAY OR THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *TR