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A separated ball joint can cause a loss of steering control, increasing the risk of a crash.
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
A separated ball joint can cause a loss of steering control, increasing the risk of a crash.
If hot exhaust gas contacts other components or materials, it can increase the risk of a fire.
Broken sway bar end links may result in poor vehicle handling, or sway, which increases the risk of a crash.
If this occurs while the hood is open, a person in the vicinity of the engine could be struck by the blade and injured.
This may increase stopping distance of the vehicle or cause the vehicle to pull to one side. Either condition increases the risk of a crash.
Incorrect wheel bearings may cause the vehicle to pull to one side and with continued use, there is a risk of a fire starting at the wheel.
Two 2012 SPARTAN MMs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.