As I pulled away from a parking space today I heard this loud bang come from beneath my car. Drove about a mile and noticed the car was not handleing right. So I parked the car in an empty lot and took a look. Sure enough, the wheel on the left rear was cockeyed. Looks like the axle broke. I wasn't even getting on it. Have these rear ends been giving anyone else any problems? Dealer hasn't called back. I hope he doesn't try to tell me that changeing to aftermarket wheels caused the problem. It's still a 20" wheel. Cecil.................
Broken Axle
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well i hope you kept your factory rims?i would definately put them back on BEFORE i brought my car in...man i have a radar hard wired in to my fuse pannle and when i brought my car in beacuse my windshield wipers stoped working they had the nerve to say O it could be because you hard wired the radar into the fuse pannle.i told them that thats pure crazy talk!and did they think they was dealing with some dumbazz?well ofcourse they said NO but for them to say something like that they musta thought i was..my point..if they even have a slight reason to blame a problem on something you did to the car THEY WILL!save yourself a headache put the old rims back on before you bring it in...juss my 5 cent worth...herbs
Cecil, the idea about swapping-out your aftermarket wheels with your OEM set-up before you take your car into your dealer sounds like pretty good advice to me, since as of late, it seems as if DCX wants to place the blame on everybody else but themselves. Over a week ago, the west-coast DCX rep, as well as my 'Five Star' Chrysler dealer actually had the nerve to tell me that my car's intermittent, yet inherent and possibly transmission-related 'lunging' problem might actually be attributed to the custom aluminum performance pedals (by 'Ultimate Pedals') that many of us have installed on our cars. Of course, this asinine excuse was easily refuted after advising these 'knuckleheads' that my 'Ultimate Pedals' were installed long after my car had initially began experiencing its inherent 'lunging' problem...good luck! :rant:
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I agree, if the axle broke it would not move. May be a suspension arm or shock? either way, I am curious, let's see if they give you any static about mods.
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Ball joint. They always seem to brake in parking lots.
Just got word from the dealer. It's the control arm. Bent and snapped in half. He said someone had to hit the wheel. He also said there were some light marks on the rear quarter panel. Maybe someone tapped it with there tire. Sure didn't leave many marks if they did. I was thinking back, if maybe I did something and did realize it. The only thing I can think of is, about 2 months ago, I ran off a curb and the car took a pretty good jolt. Maybe it weakened it, and it finally let go. Long tale short, I eat it. These cars are not as strong as I had hoped. Cecil..........
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Guess you should be glad you were'nt flying down the freeway at any 90 or any speed.
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