The contact owns a 2000 Chrysler Cirrus. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, the steering wheel would shake and the vehicle was difficult to keep in the lane. Additionally, there was an abnormal sound while driving over bumps in the roadway. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the ball joints were faulty and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 52,000.
2000 Chrysler Cirrus: ball joint or control arm failure
8 of the 99 complaints about the 2000 Chrysler Cirrus describe ball joint or control arm failure.
- owner complaints
- 8
- of this car's complaints
- 8%
- typical mileage
- 110,000
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
Ball joint or control arm failure by model year
What owners say
The ball joints have always made noise. The air conditioning has never worked.
Car has been making front end noise for about 4 days before the ball joint breaking completely cause the axle to remove and break also vehicle needs fixed asap call me at [xxx]. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
The lower ball joint is very loose and making alot of noise. There was a recall for lower ball joint failure for this car. Don't understand why my car is not part of the recall.
Ignition locks up, key will not come out of ignition, can't put car in park. Air bag light comes on, when air bag comes on the car wants to die out. Already replaced the ball joints, brake drums, brake lines, brake pads, calipers, rotors, and the oxygen sensors twice.
While driving my son home from school, my 2000 chrysler cirrus became disabled due to the right side ball joint snapping off the control arm. I had to get my veichle towed and had to replace the right ball joint , the right control arm and also the right side axle. I only own this car 6 months ( 1825 miles) and this was the 2nd major repair I had with this veichles steering conponents ( rack & pinion assy and power steering pump). I found on another website that there is a recall for the control arm:lower ball joint recall id #79830 . Can you please help with this problem or lead me in the right direction. Thank you!
Dt*: the contact stated while driving 50 MPH the front of the vehicle dropped causing loss of control. The vehicle was moved off the road and towed to an independent mechanic who determined the driver side tie rod fractured. Both front tie rods were replaced.
While parking consumer heard a loud noise coming from the front. At the same time, passenger's tire separated from the vehicle due to tie rod failure.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 2000 Chrysler Cirrus ball joint
Is ball joint or control arm failure a common problem on the 2000 Chrysler Cirrus?
8 of 99 owner complaints about the 2000 Chrysler Cirrus (8%) mention ball joint or control arm failure. The model year with the most reports is 1995.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2000 Chrysler Cirrus?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
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