Triton Recall 06 - 09

[sierra]

My recall has been done.

Did they come out with the torque wrench and do it where it was parked?
I just rang them and asked the torque setting and said I would do it myself. The service adviser went right off and refused to tell me after I pointed out it was my vehicle and I was more than capable of doing it. Checked them both and gave them a tweak to be safe. Pissy little 12mm head bolts with no locking.
I just can't be bothered with booking it in, going there and waiting for some moron to do a 30sec job and worrying that they might open the bonnet and spot the chip and boost mods.

Just rang up another dealer and it's more involved because they might have to replace the ball joints.

[Wallace]

Replaced the bolts when I did the suspension mods and even went to the extent of using longer bolts with nylock nuts on the lower section of the thread........but then I have modded top arms. Safety first.

[shotgun283]

Has anyone heard about the recall by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commision. they say the ML has the potential for suspension bolts to come loose that can lead to excessive suspension noise, and worse case is for the ball joint to detach. This was in the stock journal last week

[jacky_moo]

has been addressed



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[shotgun283]

im always slow

[macmac1234]

hey shot gun I received a letter for that today from mitsi, say that it is a voluntary recall to check the bolts on the ball joint as they might not have been tightened with sufficient torque and may come loose causing excessive suspension noise or cause the ball joint to become detached from suspension arm. This is what was written on the letter

[shotgun283]

Cheers mac, the wombat i hit sunday night didnt knock the ball joint off, lol

[chick_magnet_0001]

got mine today aswell ill probly just leave it till service time

[mad992]

got mine today aswell ill probly just leave it till service time

me 2

x2

[4x4fun]

i got my letter today. spose i should book it in, after all they have replaced most of the suspension components already! a few more won't hurt...

[fridgie]

Got mine today also, thinkin of gettin it checked for carbon at the same time

[Paulo]

Just wanted to let everyone know I stumbled across this the other day.

http://www.carpoint.com.au/news/2010/co ... ishi-19562

Regards
Paulo

[subi_man]

So far I've merged 6 new threads into this one on this topic

[4wd26]

sticky it ?
put it up in lights?

[daryn]

sticky it ?
put it up in lights?

Maybe one of the n ew mods could be a sticky mod

[subi_man]

I can sticky it, but I'm pretty sure it won't make much of a difference

[Storm Trooper]

got my letter today.... doesn't sound to serious more like a precautionary measure... the only thing i have noticed about my suspension is the front shocks maybe fading out.... not as firm from when i first got her.

[Eureka]

the front shocks maybe fading out.... not as firm from when i first got her.

I knew a girl like that once

[johno]

got my letter today.... doesn't sound to serious more like a precautionary measure...

I thought the same thing.
I got my letter the other day and thought it wasn't much to be concerned about. I was in town today, so i thought i'd stop in and see how long it would take to get it checked.
I was lucky, they said it would just take a few minutes to do it and they could do it straight away.

When they looked at it one bold had sheered right off and gone, and 2 others sheered off when they tried to back-off the bolt before torquing them down.

End result, after removing the small bits left in the hole they replaced them all (6 of them) with high tensile bolt.

As they pointed out, this could be due to my suspension up grade and the larger tires........
But they also stated that this was the reason for the recall, the bolts are subjected to a lot more pressure if they are not torqued down right.
All done under warranty!
Cheers Johno

[Joe]

Shite! .

Got my letter last week and been too slack to book it in, but after ready that, johno, I will be calling tomorrow.

[jerry]

All done without any fuss.

[Naff]

Does this only apply to Tritons with standard suspension? i.e. if you've had your suspension done - will this recall still need to be done?

I doubt a recall letter will make it to me - I don't know if Mits has my address - I don't have an address.

[Blue]

I'd say so, Nathan, the ball joints aren't part of any standard suspension upgrade...

[Naff]

bugger

I do get some knocking noise though.

Oh well - Mits can have it for a 75k service and the recall I guess.

[aiden71]

Got letters for both mine.....I will ask them to send the apprentice to my house....lol
Like that would happen