NHTSA campaign 09E056000 · Equipment recall

QUALIS AUTOMOTIVE LLC Recall 09E-056: AFTERMARKET BALL JOINTS/SEPARATION

NHTSA recall 09E056000 is an equipment recall reported by QUALIS AUTOMOTIVE LLC on October 9, 2009, with 5,787 units potentially affected (per NHTSA). NHTSA's record lists the Dodge Stratus, Chrysler Sebring Convertible, Chrysler Cirrus and more for model years 1995–2006 (try.vin imports model years 1995 and later). Owners were notified on November 9, 2009, per NHTSA.

Updated daily from NHTSA's recall files

Is my vehicle included?

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Key facts

This is an equipment recall filed by QUALIS AUTOMOTIVE LLC: NHTSA's record names the vehicles below for it.

NHTSA campaign: 09E056000 (also written 09E-056 or 09E056)
Filed by: QUALIS AUTOMOTIVE LLC
Report received: October 9, 2009
Potentially affected: 5,787 units (per NHTSA)
Component: Suspension — Front — Control Arm — Lower Ball Joint
Owners notified: November 9, 2009
Recall type: Equipment recall

Vehicles listed for this recall

NHTSA's recall record lists these vehicles for recall 09E056000. try.vin imports model years 1995 and later, so NHTSA's own list can be longer. Model years with a try.vin recall page link to it. Build dates are NHTSA's range for a model year (per NHTSA); a vehicle built in that range is not necessarily included.

Chrysler

Chrysler Cirrus
- 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
Chrysler Sebring
- 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
Chrysler Sebring Convertible
- 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003

All Chrysler recalls

Dodge

Dodge Stratus
- 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

All Dodge recalls

Plymouth

Plymouth Breeze
- 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000

All Plymouth recalls

NHTSA's recall notice

As NHTSA's recall record states it for campaign 09E056000.

Defect description

QUALIS AUTOMOTIVE IS RECALLING CERTAIN AFTERMARKET BALL JOINTS SOLD FOR USE ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES. THE SOCKET MAY HAVE BEEN EXCESSIVELY HARDENED WHICH COULD CAUSE IT TO CRACK NEAR THE RETAINING RING GROOVE ALLOWING THE BALL STUD TO SEPARATE UNDER IMPACT LOAD. THE SUBJECT BALL JOINTS WERE SOLD AS FOUR PART NUMBERS, D10945, D10946, G10945, AND G10946. THE AFFECTED CONTROL ARMS, D10945 AND D10946, ARE STAMPED WITH THE FOLLOWING DATES ON THE BALL JOINTS: 134308, 135708, 100109, 102709, 104109, 105509, 107609, 108909, 110309, 113209, AND 116609. THE G10945 AND G10946 ARE THE SAME PART AS THE D10945 AND D10946 RESPECTIVELY. THEY ARE LABELED DIFFERENTLY DEPENDING ON THE AFTERMARKET CUSTOMER.

Safety consequence

SEPARATION OF THE BALL STUD FROM THE SOCKET OF THE BALL JOINT HOUSING WOULD ALLOW THE CONTROL ARM TO COLLAPSE AND THE WHEEL TO FOLD IN CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A CRASH.

Manufacturer remedy

QUALIS AUTOMOTIVE WILL REPLACE THE BALL JOINTS FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON NOVEMBER 9, 2009. OWNERS MAY CONTACT QUALIS AUTOMOTIVE AT 1-800-493-4128.

Notes

THIS RECALL ONLY PERTAINS TO AFTERMARKET BALL JOINTS AND HAS NO RELATION TO ANY ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT INSTALLED ON VEHICLES PRODUCED BY CHRYSLER.OWNERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), OR GO TO <A HREF=HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV>HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV</A> .

Sources

Official NHTSA notice for recall 09E056000

Campaign details come from NHTSA's recall files, which try.vin imports once a day. The plain-language subject and the completion rate come from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Recalls Data dataset. How try.vin reads recall data.