Originally Posted by DieselAddict

I take it you just did an external, visual check back in Jan. 05. That would explain why it went bad after 2 years. The only way to know for sure whether a spring perch is bad is to peel the undercoating around it and have a look at what's underneath. That's what I did as soon as I got my car. The passenger side was already half broken and the driver's side was just surface-rusted. I had both of them replaced.