Were the struts bad enough to fail inspection?

But Tester, that’s a pretty unusual failure - it’s much more common for struts to lose damping, allowing uncontrolled rebounding, right? If that happened the car would ‘pump down’ the struts and ride like an oxcart.

We’d know a lot more if @Evelina will post the year/make/model/miles of her car, and if it’s ride is much worse that before.