Can someone explain, car failed mot.Offside&nearside front ball joint has excessive play.Car is classd dangers

Question

My car has been classed as dangerous, pls help

Answer 1

The ball joints are what hold your front wheels to the front suspension and allow the wheels to turn when you turn the wheel. If they're bad, they can separate which means that the front wheels would fall off and wedge in the fender wells. Its a very dangerous form of wreck. You need new ball joints.

Answer 2

The lower ball joints are part of the mechanism that connects the wheel assembly to the suspension.The ball allows movement as suspension moves up and down. If it failed (and they do) the wheel and hub (With brake unit) assembly would effectively detach from the car.Disaster!!! Have you been experiencing strange tyre wear? Wasn't a Renault with about 70,000 miles on the clock?

Answer 3

the ball joints are the wheel/struts/wishbone pivit piont..if its classed as dangerous as the balls may have worn that far as to almost poping out of its sockets..could cause a major crash.

Answer 4

The automotive ball joint connects the control arm to the steering knuckle.

While the control arm allows for up and down motion, the steering knuckle turns the wheels when you turn the steering wheel.

This is important because steering would not be too effective if the front wheels were not able to travel with varying demands created by even more diverse road surfaces and loads placed upon the suspension itself.

Because the ball joint can move in two different directions at once, the suspension can too.

Worn ball joints can be held accountable for clunks and sloppy steering.

As the socket and ball wear out together, the tolerances become greater and the ball joint becomes loose.

The ball can literally rattle and clunk around in the socket - causing clunking noises.

On the other side of the wear equation, the ball joint can bind and cause a tight spot in steering travel.

Replacing the ball joints can bring smooth steering back to your old clunker.

Answer 5

must be a lexas