The invention provides a hydraulic steel-ball locking device for an automobile chassis. The hydraulic steel-ball locking device comprises a piston cylinder with an oil filling hole, a piston, a steel ball, a plunger and a compression spring, wherein a groove is formed in the piston cylinder, the shape of the groove is matched with that of the steel ball, the piston is U-shaped and consists of a piston long segment, a piston short segment and a piston sealing face, a ball placement block is arranged on the piston short segment, the plunger is L-shaped and consists of a plunger long segment and a plunger short segment, the plunger short segment is in sliding connection with the piston long segment, the plunger long segment is in sliding connection with the piston cylinder, a curved face body is arranged on the plunger long segment, a curved face is 1-2cm higher than the ball placement block, one end of the compression spring is connected into the piston cylinder, the other end of the compression spring is connected into the plunger short segment, the elastic force of the compression spring is smaller than the frictional force between the piston and the piston cylinder, and a piston ring and an oil scraping ring are arranged on the piston. The hydraulic steel-ball locking device has the advantage that the problem of the existing locking mechanisms that the structure is complicated or the manufacturing cost is high is solved.