More Auto Issues
I have a 2002 model year car. It has a broken strut for the rear hatch. Normally this isn’t a problem, a trip to a local parts store and $20 later a new strut. Except for my Mazda.
Yet it seems that no one makes an after-market replacement strut (at least not a direct replacement), which I find hard to believe given the age of the car. So I called the Mazda dealer. “Yes sir, we can order those,” the left one cost a measly $58 and the right one $62. Hrm? I sort of figured on the struts being more expensive from the dealer, but two different prices? From what I can tell the struts are the same (except for the right and left-ness of them). What gives Mazda?
The next step will be to take my broken strut to the parts store to see if I can find a strut that is close and easily adapted to work. If not, I’ll for suitable salvage parts.
Yes, the easy thing would be to suck up the expense and buy from the dealer. But I hardly ever do things the easy way.
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