My wife's car needs the rear shocks replaced (according to the stealership); I don't see any sign of leakage, but they told her they need to be replaced. They gave her a cost of $175 + 1.5 hours of work, that is per shock. So total around around $650+Tax (Canadian).
I have done some major work on my old 2000 Cherokee sport, and I get that the outlander is not quite as simple to work on (access, ease of removal, etc).
I found these on Amazon (first search): https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B009HU5H3Y/?coliid=I2IS30GY44H34P&colid=1CKLWGX4GZ2C9 which are a fit for her 2011 outlander, however it's not clear to me if there is a need to purchase anything additional to them (like any kind of bushings, accessories, bolts, etc... that will be required when changing these out).
>Hoping to get your advice on that.
Secondly, I didn't find any writeups on the replacement process, but found this youtube video, closest I could find to what I need: .
>I don't know if this is the same on the Outlander or not, can't seem to find one for the actual Outlander.
I ended up replacing the rear shocks; it was actually very easy as they are not inside the springs on my model. The bolts at the top are "easily" accessible; I say easy because you don't have to remove all the trim from the rear inside of the vehicle, there are two covers you pop off and you have access to the 2 bolts that hold the assembly at the top. A car stand, and jack and some sockets are all you need to do the replacement, it's not hard and I was happily surprised at this fact.
For the record, this is what I bought:
2 x Monroe 37310 OESpectrum Rear Shock Absorber
2 x KYB SM5091 - Mount Kit (bushing kit)
I recently replaced the rear shocks on my FWD 2011 Outlander XLS (3.0) with GABRIEL G511004 (Original Ride Quality) Ultra purchased from Rock Auto. Digging into information prior to installing, I too found that each side was to take a good deal of time. Looking at the mounting methodology, it truly did not look to be any much different than other shock mountings. Being the car was new to me and not being too familar with Mitisubishi, I decided to hand it off to a local shop. The shop looked up the install process on their system(s) and I was told the shock towers had be removed and then the shocks removed from those and reversed for installation. Ended up being a bit spendy and I was told it took an hour a side. Once complete, I crawled under it and could not figure out why the requirement to remove the top shock mounting brackets (towers) and then the shocks from those... Again, it appears as you have indicated to be a straight-forward, simple swap of the shocks.
Enuf of that... These shocks have been in 4 months and the rear of this XLS now sounds like a horse carriage. Squeaks and rubbing noises so irritating I brought it to the Mitsubishi dealer thinking stablizer links, trailing arms, bushings, etc... The dealer tells me the non-OEM shock BOOTS are the cause of this irritating noise. Seems to me there are no boots on the OEM shock replacement, just a simple shock. I'll be bringing it back to the install shop next week for them to offer me an opinion of a fix.
Sharing this with other Mitsu owners I know, many have said aftermarket (non Mitsubishi origin) parts are often inferior as Mitisubishi will not share their knowledge, technical and design with the outside world. I find this to be a bit extreme since these units are everywhere these days to examine, devise and introduce quality aftermarket items.
Once I get the mouse out of the suspension, I've to seriously think about keeping this thing any longer. The need for a timing belt replacement and tune-up are not far off and we all know the expense of that exercise. She's not as fuel efficient my recent 3.8 GM which did not require premium fuel to perform well. She is a quick runner, extremely quick steering response and a bit scarely due to it's smallish size. I'm not impressed with the front drive in the winter. Front traction isn't really there and it seems the rear wants to come around so much in corners. Again, way different than my previous GM front wheel drive which stayed planted on the road in all conditions.
Sorry no body answered I just joined today and I really could not give you any advice about that anyway. Thanks for following though on your own post to help others. I am just curious after replacing your rears do you notice a better weigh transfer at launch. I have been spinning front tires since 2007 when my Out XLS was new?
It's all good
This forum has little to no action, at least in this part. Doesn't look like too many people do their own repairs.
>Huge difference when coming from a Jeep forum.
I haven't noticed any difference and I rarely run in FWD because I've noticed no difference in consumption between FWD and AWD; in the winter I even lock the AWD.
The rears weren't toasted, one side was leaking so I decided to replace them both.
It's all good
This forum has little to no action, at least in this part. Doesn't look like too many people do their own repairs.
>Huge difference when coming from a Jeep forum.
For the record, these are the shocks and rubber mount kit that I got. The rubber mount kit has several applications I guess as there were extra items that the original OEM shocks did not require.
Mine does not squeak at all at the back. At the front I have some squeaks, but that's a different story.
The trickiest part was to screw down those rubber bushings as Mitsubishi has a "special tool", but you can get around this.
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