# Bent strut in 2013 MINI Cooper S Countryman

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/bent-strut-in-2013-mini-cooper-s-countryman/135307>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** mini, cooperscountryman\
**Created:** [February 24, 2019, 11:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bent-strut-in-2013-mini-cooper-s-countryman/135307 "2019-02-24T23:58:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![JSmith55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@JSmith55](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JSmith55)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 11:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bent-strut-in-2013-mini-cooper-s-countryman/135307/1 "2019-02-24T23:58:57Z")

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is a 1.5 percent bent strut on a MiniCooper a serious problem?

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 12:32am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bent-strut-in-2013-mini-cooper-s-countryman/135307/2 "2019-02-25T00:32:41Z")

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Any bent strut is a problem

What curb did you hit?

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**Author:** ![JSmith55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@JSmith55](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JSmith55)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 1:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bent-strut-in-2013-mini-cooper-s-countryman/135307/3 "2019-02-25T13:48:11Z")

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Pothole, I think. Thanks for the note.