i have 47,000 miles on my car and my suspension has gone to ****. i just had it looked at yesterday and the results were that both my left and right control arms have collapsed, both my left and right front struts are blown and both my left and right rear shocks are leaking.

ill add that i baby my car and will purposely avoid certain roads because they have bad potholes/railroad tracks on them. im not impressed at all with the quality of this car. o well, u get what u pay for.

 

I have 67,300 miles on my Cobalt. I never had problems, just rountine maintance. (knock on wood)

 

If you don't beat on it they will last a very long time. Preventative maintenance is key when it comes to prolonging the life of your car.

 

37k on mine & no major problems at all.

 

My cobalt has pretty low km's on it... but I know a few guys who have Eco Cavy's with over 180k miles (300k kilometers).

 

i wish this were true.

 

i'm almost at 50k, and i've had no major issues, in fact the only problems that i've had were things that i can blame on me doing dumb ****.

like that trip to the drag strip after which the clutch didn't last long...

 

the ecotecs and the auto tranny are quite robust... also with the 100k mile warranty there's not much else to go wrong

 

I also had a pre-Eco Cavi and it lived to about 210k.

Before that 1985 Buick Skyhawk with the Quad 4. That blew at 275k.

Dad's Blazer is the champ of the family. 345,000 miles and it finally threw in the towel.

So wait. Your struts have made it to their expected replacement mileage and you're bitching????? Especially if road are so bad you have to purposely avoid them.

Seriously.

Control arms, sounds like a result of rough roads if you don't drive it hard. But shocks and struts going out at 45k isn't unheard of, in fact around where I live that's quite normal. If you live somewhere with a mild climate where you get few potholes and the roads are decently maintained, I could see hitting 60-65k or more on stock shocks/struts. I live in Western PA and summer the roads are fine, but in winter we get nasty potholes. So most people replace shocks and struts around 35-45k.

That's like bitching that you've passed 40,000 miles on the car and have to replace "shitty" brake components.

I'ma subscribe to this thread so I can come back when I have over 75k on the car and bitch about my shitty stock clutch going out...

 

So far, 35,5xx

gf has 52xxx on her balt

both 2.2l

 

so let me see if i understand this. cars are supposed to fall apart little by little before they even hit 50,000 miles? i could start naming off dozens and dozens of ppl i know with cars older than mine, and with more miles than mine, and none of them have had to replace most of their suspension compenonts yet. and i gaurantee that very few of those dozens and dozens of ppl baby their cars like i do mine.

so to answer your question, yes i am bitching because its pathetic that these cars were built with shocks/struts/control arms/brakes/rotors and many many other parts that all last less then 50,000 miles. but like i said, you get what you pay for.

 

LMAO. Alrighty then.

The only LEGITIMATE beef you have is MAYBE with your control arms. MAYBE...and even that might be a stretch depending on how often you inspect your suspension. Which if you just noticed all this damage at once is not often.

I better call my BMW buddy and tell him that his M is a piece of **** because he just had to replace struts at all 4 corners at 42,000 miles.

The facts are that suspension parts are the first to go because they do the most work on the car under the most amount of stress. Brakes go first around 30-40k, shocks and struts will go around 40-50k, control arms, tie rods, etc will depend on how long the other components last and how well maintained the car is.

 

where i live, most of the roads are flat and straight, even lowered, my car's shocks seem pretty decent for 49k on them, but i don't expect to make it to 60.

 

Not trying to be a dick, it just blows my mind that you think 47k is a "rediculous" time to have to replace struts when you live in Michigan. I'd be extremely happy with that. I know a lot of people with WAY more expensive cars than mine that live near me that have been replacing suspension components on average around 35,000 miles.

 

forgive me if im wrong in saying that its a shame cars are not made to last over 50,000 miles.

and if jackolope isnt the least bit upset that he had to replace 4 struts on a car that costs well over $50,000 brand new, i'd be surprised. when you buy a car, especially a BMW M3, you assume the car will at least last you 60,000 miles before you have to do major repairs.

 

That's usually how it goes. Mine started to leak a while ago, but I'm just letting them go until this winter. 56k miles they are MORE than due for replacement. I've had the front passenger rebuilt. It blew out at 31k after hitting a pothole. (Screw you, PennDOT!!!!)

 

sorry i "blew" your mind.

 

its not the car.... its the driver.... if you drive it hard... it wont last... if u drive it like a 90 yr old grandma.. it will

tell her to STFU and stick it in her pooper

 

lol, penndot? ****, i grew up in philadelphia, state roads are a dream compared to that ****.


but yeah, i have no major complaints, although, i do notice that now, if i sit still, and just turn the front wheels back and forth, lock to lock, you can hear a small pop as they come off centre.

if memory serves, on front struts there is a small bushing at the top of the strut, and i think that bad boy is going out on me. i'm just waiting until my next round of goodies is installed and working before i tear this bitch apart again.

 

The only "suspension" thing that amused me was my best friend and her husband had a 2007 Si sedan. Appearantly there's a TSB and/or recall on them...their front struts died at 7500 miles. THAT's unreasonable.

 

I know a guy who has 300,000 miles on his 94 Saturn and its still in great running condition.

 

Everyone who is smart knows that some type of cars do last longer then others. The main point is all about how you take car of it. Oil changes always on time is the biggest part to that and not beating the crap out of it. Of course fixing anything that breaks and keeping up with tune ups also is a big part. My best friend has a cavy with over 100, not sure exactly how many miles though.

 

28xxx and im a delivery boy for 6 more months =]

 

keep to your maintenance schedule and your car should last a while...

 

I am on a decent length trip right now and i must say, i am impressed with my balt, so it will probably get alot of miles from road trips from now on. Its cheap on gas (35mpg while running 75-85 is pretty damn impressive to me) and as long as i remember to take my wallet out of my back pocket its pretty comfy to drive in too. I have a goal to visit the 48 continental before i turn 25, so with another 38 to go I might just see how long it takes before this car drops