What is the telltale sign of a bad ball joint or joints? When I purchased the car in Oct/09 the dealer replaced the psgr side ball joints and I have put on 3k miles since owning the car. If I push down on the driver side front end it results in a dry squeaking noise. In fact when I get out of the car the same noise happens when I raise out of the driver's seat. Of course the noise is not as load. My E320 currently has 55k on it. Can someone help me on this one. The research that I did before purchasing it revealed the problem with premature wearing of ball joints. To me this noise doesn't sound like joints nor is there any indication of front end wear when driving it.

tarheel75