2002 BMW 325 Repair Question
Mileage: No information provided.
Life of a ball joint
Asked by Tim KeenanAnswer
Did they say what the problem was?
They just said that they were worn and they had too much movement.
they just said they were worn and had a lot of movement.
It appears I looked up the wrong model previously. Do you have a lower ball joint that is part of a long curved control arm? If that joint is non-greasable and is held together with injected rubber, they are a high-failure design, but they will still last many years.
Where are you located that they are so picky with inspections? There are a lot of cars on the road, Fords in particular, that can be fine in an inspection, and have steering parts break a few hundred miles later. Lot of good those inspections do. I guess I would want to either have them show me what it is about those parts that offends them or I would return to the place that replaced the parts and have them explain why there is nothing wrong with them. New parts DO have a warranty because every once in a while new parts do fail.