Bilstein shock reservoir FELL OFF!!

[Brandon1282]

Came out into the garage this morning to take my dog for a walk and noticed something laying under the driver side rear of my Bronco and what I thought was water (turned out to be oil) running from it. On closer inspection, I notice it said “Bilstein” on it and immediately knew what it was… THE SHOCK RESERVOIR!

I can honestly say that, while I’ve seen reports of shocks leaking, I’ve never seen or heard of anything like this happening. I do not heavily off-road it and other than the occasional dirt road (nothing I wouldn’t take any SUV down and never at crazy high speeds), it rarely leaves the pavement. It’s a 2021 First Edition with only 21,000 miles on it.

Has anyone seen anything like this before? Is there some kind of bolt missing or did a weld fail? Currently waiting for the tow truck to take it to my dealer.

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[zombie]

Yes there are several posts about this (including my own), it happens almost exclusively to vehicles in the rust belt.

I had both of my rear reservoirs fall off at almost the exact same time, they were replaced under warranty.

 

[BigFootie]

Probably too late to say, but you can drive it without the shock. I had my shock on the Escape come up through the rear wheel well. Fortunately they made a bracket to replace the rusted part of the wheel well. I drove it for weeks with only one rear shock.

 

[Karl_in_Chicago]

I can honestly say that, while I’ve seen reports of shocks leaking, I’ve never seen or heard of anything like this happening.

Well this thread has been around for a while with a lot of other user experiences like yours, probably well worth your read to get more info on how they addressed it. Sucks because I have a BL non-squatch so I'm resigned to having to address this myself at some point, too.

 

[Aonarch]

Yup. Tons of threads on this. Built by the lowest bidder. Rock guard traps moisture too.

The best prevention is to use a metal hose clamp on the reservoir to the shock body.

Swap out to some Bilstein 6100s and you will be very happy.

 

[lakesinai]

Came out into the garage this morning to take my dog for a walk and noticed something laying under the driver side rear of my Bronco and what I thought was water (turned out to be oil) running from it. On closer inspection, I notice it said “Bilstein” on it and immediately knew what it was… THE SHOCK RESERVOIR!

I can honestly say that, while I’ve seen reports of shocks leaking, I’ve never seen or heard of anything like this happening. I do not heavily off-road it and other than the occasional dirt road (nothing I wouldn’t take any SUV down and never at crazy high speeds), it rarely leaves the pavement. It’s a 2021 First Edition with only 21,000 miles on it.

Has anyone seen anything like this before? Is there some kind of bolt missing or did a weld fail? Currently waiting for the tow truck to take it to my dealer.

How sad! You'll have to upgrade!

 

[justin.loves.cars]

You should report this to NHTSA to try to get this recalled. You can report it here:

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[Uhdinator]

Well I guess I'll spray the rust prone areas around the reserviors with WD40 or fluid film for now on my 2 week old Bronco while I'm installing the shock skids. I'll save up and plan for an upgrade with 6100's when the failure happens. Then I will look at the bright side of it by bumping them up a notch from stock height. No point in replacing with the same.

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