Sleekydee:


Captain Dummy....the only cool tin abt u is ur user name.

nylawal:

Toyota Production System (TPS) is a management model adopted for teaching management students in advanced countries, and the reason being that they are very meticulous in their manufacturing process. Therefore, the comparison between Toyota and Honda in terms of performance is miles apart. Toyota doesn't hesitate to recall a faulty product from the market; for instance they recalled Toyota camry 2008 (muscle) from the market when there were complaints of cruise control error (the only instance of recall; and was even discovered to be a footmat causing the problem). So when going for reliability; Toyota is the car. I stand to be corrected!

aku626:
sure it can but its usually cheaper to fix it there as the parts are no expensive a ball joint can't be more than NGN2,500.00 upper hand NGN3,000( thats how much i bought mine for my civic)

sammy-young:
Am a car dealer, who has Honda cars in stock.........abeg, make una no spoil market ooo

Honda has got cool interior designs and Gadgets while Toyota could be for rigidity......the question is, what is the purpose of owning a car in the first place!!!

Boss13: Guys this is a very serious issue. My colleague just got a Honda Accord (evil spirit) a few months ago. Recently, he was involved in an accident. The ball joint pulled off and he lost control, ran into a guy fixing his tyres by the road side, collided with the guy and his vehicle. The victim is dead. My colleague got arrested by the police. It took God and the kind heart of the deceased to let the matter die down. Else, he would be in prison for manslaughter. Though he was in jail for a few week.

After that experience (because I went to the police station too), I swore not to buy a Honda product. For the Honda users, take out time to note any defect and be quick to fix it. It was truly an ugly experience.

nugeseda: The problem highlighted happens more readily if the honda car is raised mechanically to get a better ground clearance as almost all honda cars have very low ground clearance. In raising an honda car by adjusting some bolts,higher pressure is placed on the ball joint and upper arm causing them to fail or crack. Rough roads also exert undue pressure on the jointand arm causing them to fail easily. If the car's ground clearance is not tampered with and the driving is frequently done on very smooth roads,this issue may never be experienced at all but where can one drive frequently on smooth roads in Nigeria?

spikes C:

Are you sure it's the ball joint.
Ball joints does not pull off on high speeds because your tires will be straight.
Even if it does, the car will brake automatically by itself due to friction, and yes, you can even apply brakes too.

spikes C:

Are you sure it's the ball joint.
Ball joints does not pull off on high speeds because your tires will be straight.
Even if it does, the car will brake automatically by itself due to friction, and yes, you can even apply brakes too.

Bantino: That problem is more frequent on CRV (i don't know abt the latest versions). @op, the sign preceeding the pull proper does not happen in a split second, you start by hearing some noise when steer almost full, when you're negotiating from one street to another, then after sometime, the front wheels will start wobbling little by little till it pulls.

The ways to avoid this is to ensure that you check your car out once you start noticing something strange or hear any unusual noise. Don't let it detoriate before fixing it.
Learn to drive your car yourself for you to notice any changes on time, if you're fond of giving everyone your car, this might happen.
Always do your alignment and ensure that they help you check those parts when your car is on the pit.
Most importantly, drive carefully!!!

Boss13:

His car is still @ the police station. Do you want the address? Mtshweee NLanders' and their "Doubting Thomas Syndrome".

adanny01:

From your description, it was neither the upper nor lower arm. These two dont lead to change in direction of travel and the dont pull out on high speeds. I have experience it myself and my dad too.

Only the steering arm ball joint can change your direction leading to the kind of accident your friend had. This ball joint is present in every car that i know and can happen to any other car.

When it happens like that you cannot be 100% sure the ball pulled out. The nut holding down the joint could pull out from the bolt if not keyed or the thread of either nut or bolt could be worn and result to the same thing. A mechanic can forget to tie the nut and you would have the same thing.

The easiest thing for anyone to say is that the ball joint pull out which may not be the case.

My dads case was that of nut which pulled out of the worn bolt and a key wasnt in place. He went 30metres off road in the bush but was lucky there wasnt any obstruction. Most roadside mechanics dont replace those keys after working on these joints. It is now our principle to make sure they put keys even if there wasnt one during disassembly. We both never leave the mechanic to work on his own unobserved.

sydlak: I started with an honda (ALLAH) '91 ; Graduated to Bullet(98) and to baby boy ('02) and then to discussion continues ('06) before my camry '07; Never had any of these pbs with them. I guess it's the so-called Management culture and care free attitudes that leads to all this complaints about the ball joints, lower and upper arms. I never changed any linkages except for the ALLAH... Neither did I change any ball joint, but I changed Numerous Upper and Lower arms... Whenever I hear a creaky sound, I am off to the mech to get it fixed, I don't even think twice; My advice is that, drive your Honda(Cars) as if it is a part of you, then you will know when something is wrong and God willing I am going back to my Honda, I think Camry is for old people. I still have my Baby boy (02); And whenever I get behind those wheels, I just think Camry is not meant for me, Damn!! It's a hot ride and I can never forget my DC (06) because the stability is damn too hot: The 07' Camry is not bad though, But I still prefer my '06 Accord to it.. To me Honda Accord rules compared to Toyota Camry

lonelydora: Usually it does not pull out on high speed or on a smooth road, but on a rough road at slow movement. But always buy OEM parts and forget about cheap parts. I own an accord and always travel with it across the country, no issues at all. Have gone from PH to Kebbi with my accord.

Toyota comes with it's own issues.

No model of car is superior over another, it depends on your maintenance culture.