Many auto repair shops and mechanics recommend replacing a car's struts and shocks at the same time. There is some sound reasoning behind that approach as both components can affect a car's handling, ...

Your car is composed of thousands of individual parts that work together to carry you down the road. Some of those components are large and well-known — for example, most people understand that the ...

CARS.COM — Some vehicles, particularly for the front suspension, have struts. While the terms shocks and struts often are used together, struts are a suspension assembly that includes a shock absorber ...

Is your car giving you a rougher ride than usual? Does it seem to bounce more after you hit a bump? Do you hear a creaking noise as you drive down the road? Then you should probably get your shocks or ...

I’m 80 years old and purchased my 2004 Toyota Corolla new. Now, I drive mostly around town, so it just has 145,000 miles on it, and I’ve been very diligent with the maintenance over the years. When I ...

Different types of cars have different types of suspensions. Most car owners have heard the term “strut,” but may not be clear as to what exactly the struts on a vehicle are or what they do. Most ...

Automotive suspension systems have come a long way in a very short time. We don’t have to look back much farther than the late 1980s to find vehicles that required shock absorber replacements on a ...

Without traction, nothing else matters in drag racing. More force on the rear tires means more traction. Rear-wheel drive drag cars rely on weight transfer when the car launches to provide additional ...