# Faulty/Broken Strut - Covered under factory warranty or not?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/faulty-broken-strut-covered-under-factory-warranty-or-not/69162>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** cr-v, honda\
**Created:** [November 2, 2011, 6:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/faulty-broken-strut-covered-under-factory-warranty-or-not/69162 "2011-11-02T18:08:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![pakisam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@pakisam](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pakisam)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 6:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/faulty-broken-strut-covered-under-factory-warranty-or-not/69162/1 "2011-11-02T18:08:58Z")

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I have a 2010 CRV with approximately 10k miles. This is my wife’s car primarily.

Recently I have started to hear a sound from the rear right of the vehicle. Its a ‘thud’ each time teh vehicle passes over a pothole. I’m guessing it has something to do with the strut/strut mount.

I bought the car new last year so its under the 3yr/36kmile warranty. Is thsi covered under the warrantly?

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**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 6:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/faulty-broken-strut-covered-under-factory-warranty-or-not/69162/2 "2011-11-02T18:12:02Z")

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Yup.

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**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 10:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/faulty-broken-strut-covered-under-factory-warranty-or-not/69162/3 "2011-11-02T22:09:32Z")

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**_“I’m guessing it has something to do with the strut/strut mount.”_**

You could be guessing correctly . . . or maybe not. Rather than mislead the service tecnicians I think you should take the car into the dealer and tell them:  
“_Recently I have started to hear a sound from the rear right of the vehicle. Its a ‘thud’ each time teh vehicle passes over a pothole._”

A strut/spring/mount can go thud, but other things can go thud, too. A broken exhaust hanger or a loose parking brake cable, for example.

Let them zero in on the noise.

CSA