This happened to me in my 95 Talon Esi and it also happened about a year later to my friend's 96 Avenger ES. Both of us had them checked at the dealership at different dates and the dealer said the balljoints were fine.

Bottom line, replace em or this will happened to you. Even if the dealer wont, the parts are only around $80 total(2 arms with balljoints) and you get the added bonus of new bushings for your lower control arm.

Good Luck!

Poll question: Did your ball joints go out on your Eclipse/Talon or Sebring/Avenger? By this I mean completely fall apart and your car sits exactly where the thing let loose because your suspension is only half

Poll result (9 votes) I don't know (0 votes) Vote No, I had the recall done (5 votes) Vote Yes, but it was before the recall (1 votes) Vote Yes, but it was after the dealer checked them and said they were fine (3 votes) Vote Yes, but I didn't go in for the recall (0 votes) Vote (0 votes) Vote

I do supension checks once a year, never had a ball joint go out on me due to that routine. When i did my talon ones they werent too far from it though.

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the dealer is not suppose to inspect them. IF they did not replace them then they are not doing what was instructed.

they inspected mine and won't change them. they just gave me a $800 coupon towards a new mitsubishi. yea right! I would call up that mitsu hotline but I just don't have the time to take in my car right now

mine drivers side is ready to go. you casn push up the suspension like 1 1/2" on that side. not good.

went in for the recall dealer said they were fine, a month later I came back in when they were making creaking noises and got them replace for free

and they can just inspect them, they really dont have to replace them, but I wouldnt leave till they replaced them, I even marked my old ones so I knew they replaced them (I do that anytime I have to take the car to a stealership)

Marked one of my parents cars too and sure enough the firestone shop charged them over 700 bucks to replace a part and sure enough the mark was still there, boy did they kiss our asses after we went back in and started bitchin that the part was still there. needless to say I got free work done for over a year there just cause of that. Of course it was on a honda back in the day when I had a civic

now I do everything myself.

something makes a clicking noise sometimes when i turn left? could this be my balljoints? if so, what do i do, just go to a mitsu dealer and tell them to replace them because of the recall.

clicking while turning may be associated with cv shaft/joint. my beretta used to do that too.

Originally posted by kelvinb1
clicking while turning may be associated with cv shaft/joint. my beretta used to do that too.

yep im in the process of changing mine out too, I get really bad clicking when I turn.

Id also suggest anyone doing the work themselves to get the tie rod ends with the grease fittigs (I got them from advanced autoparts) much better than stock, plus you just regrease it when it gets low

When I accelerate, I hear a pop. I am suspension retarted, would this be a cv problem also?



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before my dad gave me the car, when it was his the front end collapsed, both ball joints went out at the same time!!! Thank god he was backing up out of a parking space and not on the highway!!!

This was before the recall was issued... it was around 60k... I had my trans rebuilt at 154k and the trans guy said that one side of my suspension need immediate attention... so I brough it into a dealer for the recall notices i had been getting... sure enough it was the ball joints.

GET THEM CHECKED!!!!!!!!

Originally posted by esi420
This happened to me in my 95 Talon Esi and it also happened about a year later to my friend's 96 Avenger ES. Both of us had them checked at the dealership at different dates and the dealer said the balljoints were fine. Bottom line, replace em or this will happened to you. Even if the dealer wont, the parts are only around $80 total(2 arms with balljoints) and you get the added bonus of new bushings for your lower control arm. Good Luck!

Where did you find the parts for $80? I heard it was $80+ per control arm.

Originally posted by Narco

Originally posted by esi420 This happened to me in my 95 Talon Esi and it also happened about a year later to my friend's 96 Avenger ES. Both of us had them checked at the dealership at different dates and the dealer said the balljoints were fine. Bottom line, replace em or this will happened to you. Even if the dealer wont, the parts are only around $80 total(2 arms with balljoints) and you get the added bonus of new bushings for your lower control arm. Good Luck!

Where did you find the parts for $80? I heard it was $80+ per control arm.

Am I wrong in assuming you are talking about the Curved Lower Control Arm, the Crush Member? If thats the case Id really like to know how you swung it on $80, hell I'd be glad to pay $80 each. I just got back from the dealer with a recipt for $504 for both those arms.

ok, those lower trailing 90* arms is what we are replacing right? when i let go of mine, they fall just a few inches from the floor. are they supposed to move up and down very much? what are the signs of them going bad. *searching*

do they have to replace them even if the suspension is modified?

and.... i need a "no, havent done crap about it" option

Originally posted by GhEttOrAiD
do they have to replace them even if the suspension is modified? and....

YES!!!