DEAR CAR TALK: My 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee has 187,000 miles on it. I bought it new. What is a reasonable lifetime for shocks? I've been told to keep them if they aren't leaking. Mine don't have signs ...
The winter season wreaks havoc on a truck's suspension system and leaves truck parts like shock absorbers, stiff, brittle and unable to properly function through adverse road conditions like potholes.