my G is now 5 years old with 42,700 miles...
i bought the car july of 07..so i had this car for
1 year and 6 months....

heres the question...do i need new shocks and springs?
b/c ive just noticed that the drivers side rear is lower then the drivers side front?..can anyone explain this?

does it mean my rear drivers side rear shock is out?

 

i have an 04 with 63k miles... is that alot? i think my shocks are going out too my g seems lower then other stock g's

 

04 bought in june 06 44,000 miles

 

04.5 35,000 miles.

Make sure your car is parked on level ground. I think shocks are warrantied for 60k. Not positive though.

 

I have over 65k on mine

and I haven't noticed anything funny about my shocks yet.

 

i think shocks have a recommended replacement at 60K.

 

can anyone confirm this

 

You'll know for sure when your shocks need replacing. I don't know any other
way to explain it other than to tell you the whole car feels LOOSE!
With American cars we used to push down on the front, if it came back up
and stayed you were allright....any further motion and they were replaced.
My G's an '04 too but I only have 23K miles on the clock, everything has
been replaced but the shocks....
Gary

 

Checking with my brother now... he's a Nissan service writer

*EDIT* It is typically covered under the Basic Factory Warranty 60k. Some extended warranties will cover shocks but you'd have to check.

 

i have 56k on my 05

 

the warranty lasts until 60k right?

 

well whenever i go over like bumps my car feels really loose like Gary C said.like on the highway when theres like bumps and cracks my car feels odd and i here lots of rattles and shiet....i think its time for new suspension

 

If a parking area isn't perfectly level cars parked on it will lean based on a principle of physics called gravity.

Recommended changing of shocks at 60,000 miles?

I never saw that recommendation in the Owner's Manual.

Who's making the recommendation?

A retailer? A service department?

I've spoken with tech staff at Tokico USA and KYB and neither claims there is a fixed life for shock absorbers.They claimed that in many cases shocks can last well over 100,000 miles.

While shocks may suffer slight degradation in performance over a nominal period of use so do tires and brakes. They are all wear and tear items. Do typical owners anyone change out their brakes or tires based on a fixed period of time or miles? Of course not.

Therefore the life expectancy of a shock absorber depends on driving style and road conditions. A collision and even road debris can damage the shock absorber or any other suspension component for that matter.

A good indicator of excessively worn shocks is premature cupping of tires, assuming alignment is accurate. The poor damping ability of a worn shock means that the spring movement is excessive and the tire is bouncing too much rather than remaining in constant contact with the pavement.

Shock absorbers don't support the weight of a stationary vehicle. Springs and bushings do that. Shocks control spring movement when the vehicle is in motion. Therefore a badly sagging vehicle has bad springs and/ or suspension bushings. Have ever seen an older Lincoln with pneumatic springs (air filled)? When one of those "air springs" fail the car practically bottoms out at that side.

See:

http://www.aa1car.com/library/ride2h.htm

 

Shocks are one of those forever parts if driven on mostly flat surfaces or highway miles. Most of the cars built these days have their original shocks even after a zillion miles.

 

my 04 has about 64k miles on it. a couple months ago when i had my springs installed, i asked the guys how my shocks looked and they said they looked fine. i think you're ok OP.