Audi A6 Front Suspension Strut: Specs, Fitment & Common Faults
A genuinely well-documented, real fault: higher-mileage examples show wear across several front-end components at once — plus an alarming account of a steering rack diagnosis that turned out to be the suspension's multi-links instead.
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OEM Part Number: confirm via VIN — front struts (aftermarket) Bilstein 19-226880 / KYB 341743
| Front strut / shock absorber (aftermarket) | Bilstein 19-226880 and 19-226903 (B4, twin-tube gas, spring-bearing); Bilstein 24-145961 (B6) and 24-145985 (B8 Performance Plus), monotube gas; KYB 341743 (Excel-G); Meyle 126 624 0006 (pairs, with spring seat) |
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| Front lower arm / wishbone (aftermarket) | LH Lemförder 37486 01 (aluminium); RH febi 44271 (without ball joint) and febi 40412 (with ball joint); LH febi 44270; LH Ridex 273C1015 and 273C0640; RH Ridex 273C1038 and 273C0645 |
| Top mount / strut bearing (aftermarket) | Sachs 802 200 (no bearing); Lemförder 25859 01 (no bearing); TRW JSB157; Meyle 100 412 0096; febi 26360 (elastomer, 113 mm); Bilstein 12-224463 |
| Genuine (OE) numbers quoted | Sachs 802 200, Lemförder 25859 01 and TRW JSB157 top mount: 8E0 412 377, 8E0 412 377 C. None quoted for struts or arms. |
| Fitment notes | Standard twin-tube B4 plus sport monotube options; left/right and engine split not given for struts. |
Audi A6 Front Suspension Strut: The System That Quietly Does All the Work
On the Audi A6, every pothole, bump and cornering load gets filtered through these parts long before it's felt inside the car, which is precisely why wear rarely shows up as one clean symptom. A methodical, process-of-elimination check tends to find the actual culprit much faster than guessing.
Audi A6 Front Suspension Strut: What It Does
The Audi A6's front struts fold two components into one: the damper and the coil spring's mount. A worn strut means the car keeps moving after a bump rather than settling promptly, and that lingering movement can accelerate uneven tyre wear over time.
Audi A6 Front Suspension Strut: Watch: Replacing It
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A Genuinely Well-Documented, Real Fault Worth Knowing About — Audi A6 Front Suspension
If you're hearing a knock from the front end, this is genuinely worth knowing: on higher-mileage examples of this model specifically, wear across several front-end components at once becomes more common, worth having a thorough check done covering the top mount bearings, multi-link components, and bushes together rather than replacing parts individually. A specific test worth trying: with the bonnet open and an assistant turning the steering wheel from lock to lock while stationary, the source of a top mount noise becomes very evident.
It's also genuinely worth knowing that a knock can be temperature-sensitive, failing to reproduce during a brief, cold test drive only to become clear after a longer period of driving.
Audi A6 Front Suspension Strut: Warning Signs, DIY Difficulty & Aftermarket Advice
These are the same regardless of make or model — see our full Front Suspension Strut Guide for symptoms of worn bushings and ball joints, confirming fitment against your VIN, and rubber vs polyurethane guidance.
More Audi Front Suspension Strut
The same part, covered across other Audi models.