If you treat your car well at 180K miles or never depending on country of production and year.
The front struts on a Mercury Sable are replaced by jacking up the vehicle, removing the wheels, and supporting the vehicle on jack stands. The retaining bolts can then be removed, the struts taken out, and new struts put in place.
NO That depends on how the struts attach to the knuckle or control arm. On some front wheel drives an alignment is required.
no, not at all replace the front when the time comes..
sounds like your front struts need to be replaced
Depends on how much it was worn on the edges. If you are in doubt, put these on the back and get new ones for front. - After struts are replaced don't forget to have an alignment. Very important for your tire wear.
The consumable parts of the front suspension are the struts, CV shafts, tie rods (and ends) wheel bearings, and ball joints. Any of the parts can be replaced individually and typically wear out at different rates.
If struts need to be replace on a car it's evident by how noisy and bumpy the ride is. The cost to replace struts on a Toyota RAV4 is approximately $600.
You can tell if the front struts are bad by pushing down on the fender for each side. If the car bounces more tha 1 time they need to be replaced. Front end shimmy, replace the struts.
If you change by yourself it's about $200-300 depending on which struts you pick. If you ask your mechanic to do that it's at least $450 (depending on state and city/town).
It does not have shocks on the front it has struts which should only be replace by a professional. The rear shocks are easily replaced. Just unbolt them and install the new ones.
Struts.
The contour had MacPherson struts in the front.