I just took my car to the shop and found out that the carrier bearing is going out on my car, I need a new one. I was told that the only way to get one is off a salvage car or to buy a new drive shaft because Ford does not sell this part seperate. This has been a huge problem with the Ford Fusions and like it such as the Milan. So my question is, has any of you had this problem and found this part somewhere other than buying a new drive shaft?
From Ford buying a new carrier might mean buying a driveshaft with it if they know it's an issue and they think the driveshaft is causing it. I really don't know. The bearings might be available from an auto parts store by themselves. You can get used carrier assemblies with the bearings in them from a salvage yard or Ebay. The carriers fit multiple popular Ford vehicles so they're everywhere. Call around and ask. BTW it's a little odd that a 2008 vehicle would need axle carrier bearings already. That's not a part that fails with any frequency at all. Unless you put on about 200k miles or drive it hard I wouldn't expect them to go bad. I'd file a complaint with safercar just to cover yourself since if they were to lock up or toss the driveshaft it could cause an accident. You can call Ford(main headquarters) directly and tell them it's unusual for this to happen and see if they'll pay for all or part of the repair.
