[rednari2]

I noticed this today. The car bottomed out the last time I drove it in November. It hit the strut bump stop hard and never did it before until then. Below are the photos of oil leakage on top of the strut mount. I was going to charge the battery when I noticed the leaky strut.

It's a Koni yellow single adjustment. I bought the Koni's in the 2000s and it has a lifetime guarantee. So, how do you contact Koni for return??

 

[keitho64]

Since I have Koni yellows on my car I am curious how this works out. I found the link below on Koni's site. I imagine you can email them at [email protected] with the pictures you have here. I did some searches on Leaking Koni's and found out this is usually covered.

https://www.koni-na.com/CorporateSite/media/itt/NA/pdf/35331_KONI_Warranty_Form_Temp.pdf

Best of luck and let us know how this works out.

 

[rednari2]

Thanks alot. I will look into this tomorrow and let the forum know Koni's response.

 

[blackgtos]

When you change them, check to see if your upper spring seat is bent.
Here are some pics of mine that I found from an old thread spring seat pics.
If you hit hard enough, the spring bottoms out and pushes up on the outside of the seat bending it where the strut mount and bearing sits.
These bump stops bump but don't stop anything.

 

[rednari2]

Thanks, but those are OK. Its a b....ch contacting Koni. Impossible by phone and waiting for email response.

 

[IBM06GTO]

Thanks, but those are OK. Its a b....ch contacting Koni. Impossible by phone and waiting for email response.

And theyll tell you to contact the vendor you purchased them from in order to collect on the warranty. Koni will not deal with direct sales or warranty. You must reach out to who you purchased them from and once they verify your the original buyer theyll send an advance replacement provided you pay for it and refund you once you send back the old one or send in your old one first and then they will mail out a replacement.

Either way, youll be lucky if they cover the failure as hitting something falls under accident coverage not manufacture defect. They may be nice, they may not care, but its not their fault it failed due to a severe impact.

 

[rednari2]

There was no impact.

 

[IBM06GTO]

There was no impact.

You literally said it bottomed out. That’s an impact.
Are you lowered did you cut the bump stop?

 

[rednari2]

You literally said it bottomed out. That’s an impact.
Are you lowered did you cut the bump stop?

You not getting it. The car bottomed out because the strut blew out, and the strut blew out because it lost oil. Not the other way around. The strut started leaking while it was ;parked the garage.

 

[rednari2]

By the way, they covered it. It was leaking from the adjuster. The adjuster is on top of the shock which is under the hood.