Price : $198.70
Features
- Bearing Plate
- Upper Spring Isolator
- Upper Spring Seat
- Coil Spring
- Boot Kit
Product Description
Quick Strut
Customer Reviews
Monroe 171661 loaded struts, August 12, 2010
By Lyle 
Ordered the struts Saturday evening. With super saver shipping I thought they would arrive in 1-2 weeks. In 4 days they had arrived and were installed. WOW! Perfect easy repair for my van!!
Monroe 171661 Sensa-Trac Struts and Cartridge for select Buick/ Chevrolet/ Oldsmobile/ Pontiac models
Monroe 171661 install, February 4, 2010
By Albert Tomchesson
The pair of Monroe 171661 Struts fit was just the like ODM struts. Easy to install. My ’03 Impla has that “like new” ride again. Good price from the seller and arrived on time.
Great Amazon price, but install snafu didn’t help., January 1, 2010
By BR 
Bought this so as not to have to replace the strut only and deal with the potentially dangerous coil removal under some serious compression. I think there are better struts out there, but none available for my application (Pontiac Montana) as an all-in-one on Amazon, the Monroe 171661 was a good choice.
My only complaint was during install that either during shipping or manufacturing the stud bolts in the strut mount were not positioned to match OEM and as a result would not line up with the chassis holes. It took some considerable time to make it work. Again, not sure if the issue was a result of shipping, which as they are shipped in the original manufacturer’s box and Monroe could do a better job of protecting that end of the assembly, or rather was an issue that occurred during manufacturing.
The other one sent went on like a champ.
So one star deducted for that issue and another simply because there hasn’t been enough miles put on these yet to rate long term but I do know with the difficulty in accessing the nuts of the stud bolts of the strut mount (thank you minivan designers), even w/o the stub bolt alignment issue, I do not want to duplicate this task any time soon.
Monroe 171661 strut assembly install for ’00 Chevy Venture, October 1, 2009
By P. Wong 
The price was very fair from Amazon compared to my local auto parts franchises for the equivalent product. Delivery was quick and within 5-7 business days. Removing old strut was not too bad but removal of some internal components (i.e. windshield wiper motor, etc. etc.) is necessary to gain access to the 3 upper nuts. An extended long open end wrench was what I used. After looking at many videos for strut assembly replacement, I thought this would be the same but was wrong. The 2 bottom holes of the strut would not line up with the spindle by ~ 1″. It turns out, I had to loosen the nut on the swaybar connecting to the lower control arm in order to allow the the spindle to really bottom out to align the mounting holes. Note, the strut assembly was already mounted and secured to the top via the 3 upper nuts. Although during this action the CV joint boot popped out squirting grease everywhere. Perhaps I should have loosen the disc axle bolt but be prepared for other things that could happen. Finding a reliable universal boot clamp to replace the OEM one-shot clamp was also a chore. After finishing, the front does feel improved and more firmer ride vs. the softer spongy ride after 100K miles of usage.
easy to do, July 22, 2009
By W. stone
Monroe 171661 Sensa-Trac Struts and Cartridge very east to put on only took about 3hr to do both sides with basic tools