chrisinky

I have this on my passenger door. I noticed that when the door is shut the bottom door drain seals can't drain. My kids get in left/right rear doors. My oldest now sits up front so he's in and out more up front. As someone else mentioned this is from the inside out. I used a dremel tool and took it down to bare metal and recoated it. It appears to me it's below the seam sealer at the bottom of the door, if thats the case, this is just hoping it won't come back....

I did not end up taking photos - the lugnuts were swollen - I spent more time getting tires off than actually doing the rear shocks. This is a pretty simple job. The dealer who just recently rotated the tires apparently broke one of the wheelstuds loose, so I couldn't remove one tire, I was still able to swap the shock without removing the tire, though it was a bit more difficult. Steps: Jack/support vehicle. Put slight pressure under the coil area of the rear suspension with a jack while working on it. Remove the two top shock bolts Remove the two bottom shock bolts Remove the electronic shock harness (I rolled under rear of vehicle to do this). Pry the harness mount points out (plastic snaps that hold the wiring in place). Remove shock Remove shock mount Remove the boot/dust cover from shock, put them on new shock Put new shock mount on new shock, reinstall 15mm nut Install is reverse of removal. Here is 90k mile shock (both looked like this). Car drives 100x better already.

Buckle up - pics to come. First - the MKZ has an electronic suspension, its expensive, and so far no aftermarket parts are available. At the time I'm writing this, RockAuto has the best price for the rears. Part #s: AD1115 - 2x needed - Shock mount (suggested to replace when doing this) ASH85976 - Rear Left ASH24651 - Rear Right Price at time of writing for above + shipping/tax - $531.31 Dealer wanted $1200+ with labor. Local indy shop wanted $1000 with labor. Tools: Plastic snap tool pliers/flat head screw driver 19MM - Lug nuts 18MM - Top shock bolts 15MM - Bottom of shock bolts 15mm - Wrench (to remove shock mount nut from shock). FYI - rear shock on the right went bad, didn't know - tire started bouncing and is now badly cupped.

Just listing the part #'s here - the rear ones you can pull off (I started at the top) pretty easy and work your way down. Just snaps on/off. DP5Z-5451968-A - Rear Right DP5Z-5451969-A - Rear Left DP5Z-5451916-B - Above front windshield