NHTSA complaint: 1997 GMC JIMMY — SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, RIGHT FRONT WHEEL COLLAPSED, CAUSING CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE, CONSUMER WAS INJURED, TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER WHO INDICATED NEW BALL JOINTS WERE NEEDED.*AK. CONSUMER STATED DEALER WILL NOT FIX AS OF YET, THE MANUFACTURER IS INVESTIGATING, CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE YEAR OF VEHICLE BUT WAS INFORMED AT THE TIME THAT THE VEHICLE WAS FINE, CONSUMER WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THE 1/4 INCH OF PLAY IN THE BALL JOINTS WAS STANDARD. *JB THE BALL JOINT FAILED. THIS DEFECT IS CAUSED DUE TO CORROSION. GENERAL MOTORS HAS REFUSED TO FIX THE VEHICLE UNLESS CONSUMER AGREES TO SIGN A GAG ORDER AND REFRAIN FROM NOTIFYING ANYONE REGARDING THE DANGERS INVOLVED. *JG THE RECALL NUMBER IS 01I018. *SLC
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation