CARS.COM — The answer to the question question of when to replace shock absorbers and struts hinges on several variables, including how many miles a vehicle is driven, on what kinds of roads it ...

CARS.COM — Some vehicles, particularly for the front suspension, have struts. While the terms shocks and struts often are used together, struts are a suspension assembly that includes a shock ...

See:) The first cars – horseless carriages, really – weren’t fitted with shock absorbers. But as speeds rose, so did the need for suspension damping.