Dacia Logan MCV Front Suspension Strut: Specs, Fitment & Common Faults
On the Logan MCV, a genuinely honest design trade-off on related models: suspension tuned for off-road capability wears shock mounts and drop links faster.
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OEM Part Number: confirm via VIN — front struts (aftermarket) Bilstein 22-235060 / KYB 338759
| Front strut / shock absorber (aftermarket) | KYB 338759 (Excel-G, gas twin-tube, 261 mm); KYB 338749 (Excel-G, with rebound spring, 277 mm); Bilstein 22-235060 (B4); Bilstein 22-321022; TRW JGM1150T (45 mm, 20 mm rod) and JGM1152T (350/503 mm) |
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| Front lower arm / wishbone (aftermarket) | LH Meyle 16-16 050 0067 (with ball joint), Delphi TC3920 (with ball joint, 371 mm), Sidem 5970, febi 108899, FAG 821 1058 10; RH Meyle 16-16 050 0066, Delphi TC3921, Kamoka 9050264, febi 108898, Lemförder 42662 01 (LH partner 42661 01) |
| Top mount / strut bearing (aftermarket) | Sachs 801 001 (bearing, left and right); Ridex 1180S0540 (with rolling bearing); NTY AD-RE-002; Denckermann D600024; Original Imperium 36959; KYB SM1528 (mounting kit) |
| Genuine (OE) numbers quoted | Sachs 801 001 bearing: 54325-00QAA, 60 01 025 850, 77 00 800 107, 82 00 651 172; none quoted for the struts or arms |
| Fitment notes | Standard twin-tube gas struts, two lengths (261 or 277 mm for KYB), so check against the old part; sides not stated. |
A Genuinely Honest Design Trade-Off Worth Understanding — Dacia Logan MCV Front Suspension
It's genuinely worth understanding why front-end knocking is such a widely reported complaint on this platform: the suspension is deliberately tuned for genuine off-road capability, with generous wheel travel — and the trade-off is faster wear of the upper shock absorber mounts, anti-roll bar drop links, and suspension bushes, sometimes appearing as early as 15,000km. This isn't a design flaw exactly, but a genuine engineering trade-off, and knowing this helps explain why these specific components wear faster here than on a comparable road-focused hatchback.
A genuinely useful, systematic diagnostic method worth trying if a knock is felt through the steering column: the front subframe is held to the body by four bolts, with the strut tops secured to the inner wings by one nut each side — six fixing points in total, all straightforward to check for looseness.
Dacia Logan MCV Front Suspension Strut: The System That Quietly Does All the Work
Everything the road throws at the Dacia Logan MCV — bumps, potholes, cornering loads — passes through these components before it reaches the cabin, so wear here tends to show up as vague symptoms rather than one clear failure point. A systematic check beats guesswork every time.
Dacia Logan MCV Front Suspension Strut: Watch: Replacing It
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Dacia Logan MCV Front Suspension Strut: What It Does
On the Dacia Logan MCV, the front suspension strut combines a shock absorber and the coil spring's mounting point into a single assembly, controlling how the suspension compresses and rebounds. Once it wears, the car keeps bouncing after a bump instead of settling quickly, and tyre wear often becomes uneven if it's left unresolved.
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Dacia Logan MCV 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 Dacia Front Suspension Strut
The same part, covered across other Dacia models.