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I just put new tires on my kids jeep patriot. The tire store told me I needed new ball joints. It a 2011 and has 40,000 mile on it. I did not have the work done. How can you tell if the ball joints are bad. No noise from the front end or uneven tire wear. What do I look for.

John J

 
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Put car on lift or jack stands, and grab the tire at the 9 and 3 o'clock position. Jostle the tire up, down, in/out, side to side: any wobble or give? If so, then the ball joints are bad.

 
If they are bad and you only have 40k on it you might want to see if there is a TSB issued on it by Chrysler. If so they don't have to cover the expense at the dealer but if you make a big stink they usually will.

 
Its a Chrysler product, they most likely went bad at around 20K miles :D

I know my Fathers 2002 Jeep liberty had 3 recalls on ball joints, and my sisters 2011 wrangler also recently had a recall and they replaced the lower control arms for her.

here are the Recalls and Ball joints are not on the list http://www.cars.com/recalls/jeep/patriot/2011/

and here are the TSB (technical service bulletins) for the car http://www.jeepproblems.com/tsbs/Patriot/2011/

 
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