# 2002 JEEP LIBERTY — SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
> NHTSA complaint `605024` · 2006-12-02 · Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** JEEP
- **Model:** LIBERTY
- **Year:** 2002
- **Manufacturer:** Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
- **Component:** SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
## Narrative
I RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL F23 FROM DAIMLER CHRYSLER STATING THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE LOWER BALL JOINTS ON MY 2002 JEEP LIBERTY.  MY WIFE CALLED AND HAD THE PART ORDERED FROM A LOCAL DEALER.  IT WAS ORDERED ON 11-16-6 AT 430PM.  I WAS DRIVING TO WORK ON 12-1-06, IN MY 2002 JEEP LIBERTY, AND LOST CONTROL OF THE JEEP WHILE HEADING SOUTHBOUND ON HWY 43 (IN WISCONSIN).  AS I LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, I ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT THE WHEEL DIRECTION, BUT HAD NO SUCCESS.  THE JEEP WAS OUT OF CONTROL.  THE JEEP WENT PERPENDICULAR WITH THE LANES AND ENDED UP FLIPPING OVER.  I WAS THE RESTRAINED DRIVER WHILE THE JEEP FLIPPED ONE COMPLETE ROLL AND CAME TO A STOP IN THE DITCH.  I WAS ALERT ENOUGH TO CALL 911, AND WAS PICKED UP BY PARAMEDICS AND TAKEN TO SAINT NICHOLAS HOSPITAL IN SHEBOYGAN, WI.  AFTER BEING DISCHARGED FROM THE EMERGENCY ROOM, I CALLED THE GARAGE AT WHICH MY JEEP WAS TOWED.  THEY INFORMED ME THAT MY JEEP "HAS BEEN TOTALED".    I WOULD LIKE THIS COMPLAINT TO GO ON FILE AND WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW THIS PROBLEM WILL BE RECTIFIED.  I AM STILL AWAITING A CALL FROM THE DEALERSHIP TO INFORM ME THAT MY PART HAS COME IN, BUT I NO LONGER AM ABLE TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE.  PLEASE ADVISE ME AS TO MY NEXT STEP.   I AM EXPECTING A CALL FROM MY STATE FARM AGENT ON MONDAY AND WILL UPDATE THEM TO THIS MATTER.  MY INJURIES WERE MINOR, BUT I AM NOW SHORT A VEHICLE.  I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW JEEP WILL BE HANDLING THIS SITUATION AND HOW I SHOULD BE HANDLING THIS.  PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL ME W
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