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rear struts dead at 50k, normal ? #60071 05/05/02 05:42 AM
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 42 Cincinnati, Ohio USA S Superblue OP Member
OP Superblue Member S Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 42 Cincinnati, Ohio USA	How long should rear struts last? My fronts are still going strong but my drivers rear is a little weak and passenger rear is toast, gotta love have a rear end that slides around like a pro-stock car.. I have an extended warranty on my car so if they've died early I'll ***** until I get them replaced under it... Rides -1999 Ford Contour SE Sport stock ATX, best time 16.66@81mph Pioneer HU, door speakers Pair Cadence Ultra Drive 12s Sony 1000 watt Class D amp Kills: Rockford 12" HE2 (exploded.. blew out 3 in a row, gotta love best buy protection plan :P )

Re: rear struts dead at 50k, normal ? #60072 05/10/02 09:28 PM
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 42 Cincinnati, Ohio USA S Superblue OP Member
OP Superblue Member S Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 42 Cincinnati, Ohio USA	ttt.. anyone? Rides -1999 Ford Contour SE Sport stock ATX, best time 16.66@81mph Pioneer HU, door speakers Pair Cadence Ultra Drive 12s Sony 1000 watt Class D amp Kills: Rockford 12" HE2 (exploded.. blew out 3 in a row, gotta love best buy protection plan :P )

Re: rear struts dead at 50k, normal ? #60073 05/10/02 09:41 PM
Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 104 Minnesota C ContourGirl Member
ContourGirl Member C Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 104 Minnesota	Wow, only 50,000 miles? My rear struts lasted until 160,000 miles, they were just replaced this last January. Both struts/springs were replaced. I guess I got lucky on that repair. 1995 Contour LX

Re: rear struts dead at 50k, normal ? #60074 05/10/02 10:08 PM
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 19 Centreville Va B bigmanz Junior Member
bigmanz Junior Member B Joined: May 2002 Posts: 19 Centreville Va	my driver side rear started to leak at about 52k and i had them both replaced. Don't know if that's normal but you aren't alone.

Re: rear struts dead at 50k, normal ? #60075 05/11/02 12:52 AM
Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 1 N.E. Illinois L luvabluzer Junior Member
luvabluzer Junior Member L Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 1 N.E. Illinois	I just bought a 99 SE Sport with 33k and the rear struts were shot. Luckily I still had a month on the OEM warrenty and my dealer replaced the with no hassel. I to wonder about the struts going bad so quickly. Hey, I'm just glad I got them fixed FOC.

Re: rear struts dead at 50k, normal ? #60076 05/11/02 05:21 PM
Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 10 Minnesota Q qccse Junior Member
qccse Junior Member Q Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 10 Minnesota	My rear struts went out @ around 50,000 miles, I had the extended warrenty and they replaced them no problem. Now my fuel pump has just gone out, just a few things here and there I guess 99 SE ATX SVT exhaust Ractive Intake

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