# 1992 CHEVROLET BLAZER — SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
> NHTSA complaint `340304` · 2002-03-22 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** CHEVROLET
- **Model:** BLAZER
- **Year:** 1992
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
- **Speed:** 20 mph
## Narrative
LEFT UPPER BALL JOINT BROKE WITHOUT WARNING,LOST CONTROL OF BLAZER.  BULLETIN SEQUENCE NO. 190    SERVICE BULLETIN NO.300800 ,  NHTSA ITEM NUMBER SB619031. DATE OF BULLETIN, 08/00.  COVERING ALL YEARS.  PART NOMBER FOR BALL JOINTS HAVE NEVER CHANGED    ON NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 011018000  COMPONENT: SUSPENSION:INDEPENDENT FRONT CONTROL  ARM  UPPER BALL JOINT  RECALL DATE 1/07/02  1996 BLAZER/   GM HAS AGRED TO REPLACE UPPER BALL JOINTS AT NO COST . THERE SEEMS TO ME A PATTERN OF SERVICE BULLITENS OVER THE YEARS TO MAKE SURE TO CHECK BALL JOINTS AND THEN IN 1996 AGREE TO REPLACE THEM AT NO CHARGE.  I TALKED TO GM ABOUT THIS, FAILURE OF UPPER BALL JOINTS ON MY BLAZER . WITH THE SAME PART NO. FOR JOINTS   ALSO THE NEW BALL JOINTS INSTALLED  ARE THE SAME PART NO.  THEY  GAVE ME NO ANSWER    SAID THEY  ARE GLAD THAT NO ONE WAS HURT ,  SOMETHING IS VERY ODD HERE ON THIS PROBLEM .    AND THEN THEY SAID GOODBYE. *AK
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