Bad strut at 5k..

Dj0nes · June 30, 2014

Well I finally figured out what was going on with my truck. The dealer confirmed my right front strut is bad.. Truck has 5100 miles on it Z71 crew cab. Damn rancho junk. I was suppose to be driving to Arizona today and now I have to wait. No dealer around has one either. I have to be in Phoenix by Friday is it safe to just drive on it?

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Fishingbear · June 30, 2014

I would leave it at your dealer and ask them to provide you with a loaner truck.

Silverado-Hareek · June 30, 2014

Rancho's are NOTORIOUS for pre-mature failure. I suspect a lot of us will be having this problem. After my bumper to bumper warranty is up, I'm installing Bilsteins.

GMC-AT · June 30, 2014

Yep.. I also had one replaced in the rear at 5K.

fondupot · June 30, 2014

I had a rRancho replaced last month out back, I have just about 9k on my truck now....I'm waiting for the Bilstein 5100's to come out with specification of our year trucks. Even though people have put the 2013 part number on a 2014 without issue, I'd rather wait for the 2014 spec struts/shocks.

Cptahah676 · December 9, 2014

Hello all...what did it sound like when you first noted the issue...I think I have the same deal...thx

TJay74 · December 9, 2014

So for those of you with early failures, are the dealers replacing them in matched pairs (both front or both rears)? I know I wouldn't want shocks with different mileage on each side of my truck.

Clocked92 · December 11, 2014

I wouldn't be surprised if they did them one at a time. My parents had a jeep with a leaking shock a couple years back and they only replaced one....a year later, surprise surprise! the other one went too and they had to replace it

brandonbvr · January 7, 2015

How did you know you had a bad strut? Noises?

pm26 · January 7, 2015

How did you know you had a bad strut? Noises?

I was going to ask the same question. Are these "bad" struts leaking oil, do they cause thumping or wheel hopping? Wheel hopping and vibration is very common occurrence with completely worn out struts. Sometimes I wonder if some vibration problems are not due to defective struts. Because badly worn \jut struts will cause wheel hop and associated unpleasant vibration, very similar to badly unbalanced wheels. I have experienced this on a car a long time ago.