Macpherson struts have the strut located inside the spring.

Struts are a simple suspension and a variation of the Macpherson Strut, the struts are located outside of the spring but the strut and a lower control arm usually form the entire suspension.

Yours are simply shocks as they simply damp the motion and don't form any part of the suspension's location fuctions (the rear suspension could function without the shocks, just bouncy. Struts and Macpherson Struts need the struts to hold the suspension in place). Your maintenance agreement should cover shocks.

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