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Old Mar 23, 2003
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Angry another blown strut

welp, the 2nd one, now its on the right side not on the left. this sucks, they need to make the handr cup kit NOW.
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Old Mar 24, 2003
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R they the stock ones? Goto Honda, They are covered under warranty. Hondaa is having problems with the civic front struts...Mine are on back order right now.
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Re: another blown strut

Originally posted by blouisgod
welp, the 2nd one, now its on the right side not on the left. this sucks, they need to make the handr cup kit NOW.
damn, how do you guys blow your struts? I have 64k on the car, and it still rides like new.
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Old Mar 24, 2003
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that sucks . i had stock shocks til 20000miles.
not a problem
replaced with tein ss hehe
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Old Mar 25, 2003
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my car messed up its struts like 2 months after we bought it new. it had like less that 3k miles. i never drove that car hard at all. i got a '02 4dr civic. went to honda n they gonna fix it for free. they got my parts in so i take my car in on wednesday 3/26 to get it fixed. im guessin them struts were juss faulty or juss plain old really crappy!
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There is actually going to be a recall on some of our struts, I just had mine replaced under warranty. The dealer said it is crazy how many people are having this problem, mostly on coupes.
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i work at honda and trust me, we get 7th gen civics in all the time with the front struts all screwed up, they are covered under warranty, the second my warranty is up though, those things are commin off!!
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it honda own fault for changin the struts to mcapherson
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yea, EK's worked well even w/ stock struts and aftermarket springs.
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Are they really going to finally make this a recall? I have been waiting a month now...The struts are backordered.
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