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Anonymous Posted on Oct 15, 2009

I feel a lot of noise at the driver side and some on the passenger side when I drive over bumps, would this be the struts? 1- what is the life cycle of the struts? 2- what is the life time for the timing belt? 3- also I have changed the belts, and I still here a squealing when I start my car in the morning, what this could be? My car is Dodge Neon 2003

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1. it depends on the conditions the car is being driven for the struts. sounds more like a axel to me. 2. about every 100,000 miles for timingbelt. 3.check your power steering fluid. also make sure your belts are tightened right. if thats normal it may be your steering pump.

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