Mazda recalls CX-9 to resolve ball-joint failures - LeftLane News
The agency had received more than a dozen complaints of lower ball-joint failure. Mazda's internal investigation traced the failures to water intrusion past the rubber boot that protects the ball joint. The Japanese automaker initially viewed the failures as a maintenance issue, observing that ball joints should exhibit a concerning noise for several years between initial corrosion and complete failure. Under pressure from the NHTSA investigation, Mazda in June finally agreed that "the failure might occur without customer's noticing unusual noise because some VOQs [complaints] showed that a ball joint fell out suddenly. Source: www.leftlanenews.com
