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The Importance Of Telling When A Car's Suspension

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How To Tell When Your Car's Suspension Needs To Be Checked While your car owner's manual may recommend you have your suspension checked after a set number of miles, if you drive under certain conditions, you'll need to have it checked sooner. Your car's suspension consists of shocks and springs that keep your car from jarring and bouncing when you hit a bump in the road. If you haul heavy loads in your car or do a lot of driving over bumpy roads, then your suspension will wear down quicker. Here are some signs you should have your suspension checked and possibly repaired. You Car Seems To Bounce More Easily One thing you can do is press down on each corner of your car and try to bounce it on the ground. While your car may have a little bounce to it, it shouldn't be easy to move your car up and down. If you can do that, it could be a sign your springs are wearing out, especially if wasn't as easy to bounce your car before. This test isn't effective on all types of cars, since some are so big and heavy, you won't be able to budge them at all. …show more content…

Your car might have so much bounce that it bottoms out on the road. If you hit a bump hard enough, you may feel your car bounce up and down a couple of times before it comes to a rest. Springs and shocks tend to wear out gradually, so the changes may happen so slowly you get used to your car feeling bouncy. Other times the changes can happen suddenly, like if you have a fluid leak or damage a spring after a hard bump on the road. If it seems like your car bottoms out or bounces more than it should, take it in so a mechanic can take a look at the

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