1111art

I know this is a naive question, but hey I'm an artist, not a mechanic!

I've got an 04 RX with air suspension. 43K miles.

My question is, do I also have shock absorbers? And what do they sound like when they're dying?

Right front makes much more (bottoming out type) noises when going over speed bumps. I also hear kind of a low sporadic rumbling.

Any help would be appreciated.

1111art

1111art

just heard from repair place. on these, the strut comes together with the air shock, price for unit, a thousand dollars, $250 to install.

mandyfig

A Lexus dealer or another shop?

salimshah

If you have been on reasonably good roads, it seems a bit early for shocks to fail. All vehicles bottom out based on load and the bump, but not all the time.

Standard test is to park on a level surface. Push down as much as you can from one end and on release the vehicle should go up and then come down to normal position. If you can observe another up and down movement (2nd bounce) the the shock is bad. Do this to all 4 corners.

How much weight do you carry in RX. I think it supposed to be around 500-600lbs (includes weight of the occupants).

Salim