2007XC90 broken ball joint causing accident-

janice g mazurek dds · Post by **janice g mazurek dds** » 15 Feb 2008, 10:15

Without any warning while driving my XC90 with 14,000 miles the right front ball joint fractured causing me to veer of the road.Luckily I was traveling 35 miles an hour with no cars close behind and I was able to move the car safely off the road.The front right tire was totally turned in and I scrapped the tire rims as a result. The car was towed to the dealer and I was told repairs would be in the $10,000 range.Needless to say I was shocked,called my insurance company to report the incident.Even though I reported that I did not hit anything in the road they concluded that with this much damage,all on the undercarriage, that I must have.Not wanting to be held reponsible for this I was told by the dealer to call the 800 Volvo American number to report the malfunction claim.They sent an "inspector" who concluded that I hit and object with my right front tire rim causing the tire to turn in and the strong ball joint to be fractured.It would take some forceful impact for this to happen and the rim is just scraped in one area as a result of me turning the car around.So I am faced with costly repairs,a car I will never be able to trust again,and an accident on my unblemished driving record of 35 years !So much for the safety claims of Volvo-please beware.if anyone has any ideas of how this can be settled I would sure appreciate it.

Janice Mazurek DDS Ventura,Ca[/i]

smatt1079 · Post by **smatt1079** » 15 Feb 2008, 13:21

holy crap, I'd contact the NHTSA, and a lawyer, and the news, and anyone else who will listen!

Post by **matthew1** » 15 Feb 2008, 13:46

smatt1079 wrote:holy crap, I'd contact the NHTSA, and a lawyer, and the news, and anyone else who will listen!

Same advice at Smatt1079. Please get back to us here to let us know how it's going.