Monroe shocks made in the U.S.

[MNgopher]

I used to work for Tenneco and they owned Monroe. I had to deal with people in those US locations and they complained about their business going to Mexico. All of the Ford and GM truck shocks went to Mexico. They have way more quality problems from Mexico. They decided to shut my plant down and wanted me to move to TN which I did not want to do at this time. Tenneco is no longer publicly traded and is now private. Not sure how this will affect everything but they had lost most of the truck exhaust business to a new competitor.

Again, two locations closing in this case does not mean all shock and strut production went to Mexico, unless those two plants were the only us production (which they were not).

Sorry that your life was affected by the changes.

 

[nthach]

I used to work for Tenneco and they owned Monroe. I had to deal with people in those US locations and they complained about their business going to Mexico. All of the Ford and GM truck shocks went to Mexico. They have way more quality problems from Mexico. They decided to shut my plant down and wanted me to move to TN which I did not want to do at this time. Tenneco is no longer publicly traded and is now private. Not sure how this will affect everything but they had lost most of the truck exhaust business to a new competitor.

Yeah, Tenneco is part of Driv Automotive, run by Carl Icahn. It was a product of a split -up of Federal-Mogul between their aftermarket and OE braking/ignition(Champion, Moog, Anco, Fel-Pro, Wagner/Ferodo and Jurid) and powertrain(Sealed Power, Carter) businesses. Federal-Mogul didn’t even get involved in aftermarket parts until Cooper Industries sold that interest to FM. Tenneco owned Monroe and Walker, which got merged into Federal-Mogul Motorparts.

Anco got sold to Trico, who is now First Brands.

 

[willbur]

Monroe shocks are mostly made in the USA.

Mostly junk, too- IMO

 

[Furious]

Mostly junk, too- IMO

Yep, brand new Monroe's went out on my Toyota. Bilstein, and KYB when possible for me, Monroe when there is no other option.

 

[Chris142]

Every Monroe I've had experience with was total junk!

Same

 

[spk2000]

Again, two locations closing in this case does not mean all shock and strut production went to Mexico, unless those two plants were the only us production (which they were not).

Sorry that your life was affected by the changes.

Affected in a great way. Took a new job during prime job market nearly 2 years. Got a raise with less hours and stress. If I do work weekends as a salaried employee I now get straight time OT pay. Before it was expected and nothing in return. Tenneco was great in pre 2017 days. New CEO bought Federal Mogul who bankrupted twice and wanted to adopt their policies. Makes no sense to trade a great company and run it like a company that failed more than once. Stock price went from $70+ to less than $10 in less than a year. Owning 10% of that stock in my 401k tanked all the earnings from the other 90% in great funds doing well during a great market. He stayed for several years before it finally went private. Hear from former comrades that everything continues to tank even more.

 

[vssjim]

Monroe also has a plant in Argentina as well. I recall installing a set of Sensa-Trac shocks on a Nissan Quest, one pair was American, the other was Argentine.

But, with how Driv is run by Carl Icahn, I wouldn’t be shocked if more production is moved to Mexico, China or Vietnam. PRT, Sensen and FCS are making a splash and signing deals with parts stores(AZ, OR, AA) and distributors(Aftermarket Parts Alliance - Auto Value stores). KYB isn’t they they were.

carl icahn sold it all to Tennaco and now Tennaco has been sold to a holding company that will sell stuff of but Monroe's quality is fairly poor. The problems we have is one will leak on customers car in no time or the two are totally different right out of the box just not what they were when I started on cars along time ago

 

[nthach]

carl icahn sold it all to Tennaco and now Tennaco has been sold to a holding company that will sell stuff of but Monroe's quality is fairly poor. The problems we have is one will leak on customers car in no time or the two are totally different right out of the box just not what they were when I started on cars along time ago

Carl Icahn owns Driv Automotive - the former Tenneco and Federal-Mogul Motorparts businesses.

 

[willbur]

Bought a pair of rears for a Saturn and it says, Made in the USA on the box. I'm assuming some of their products are made elsewhere, but surprised to see these were made here.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LVXU9Q0/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Surprised to read that...

 

[nwjones18]

I ordered a set of OEM Suzuki Shocks for my Samurai that came from India (Maruti-Suzuki) and they were stamped Monroe on the shock itself in the Suzuki boxes.

 

[92saturnsl2]

I won't use Monroe shocks/struts if someone gave them to me.

I bought some mid-priced front struts for my Maxima a couple years back and one failed shortly after installation. I replaced them with TRW/Sachs and it's been fine since. No fun doing the job twice.

Just a month or two ago I bought a conversion kit to swap my '07 Pacifica rear shocks/springs to a conventional setup. The OEM rear shocks are a high-dollar Nivomat getup (airless self-leveling) that cost about $300 per side. Monroe is the only one that offers the conversion kit to my knowledge and the shocks included w/ kit are branded as their higher tier offering. I bit. Less than a thousand miles later the driver's side shock is leaking. Luckily it's a 10 minute changeout and under warranty.

But after two bad experiences back to back I won't be buying Monroe again.

 

[Elroy the Brave]

I won't use Monroe shocks/struts if someone gave them to me.

I bought some mid-priced front struts for my Maxima a couple years back and one failed shortly after installation. I replaced them with TRW/Sachs and it's been fine since. No fun doing the job twice.

Just a month or two ago I bought a conversion kit to swap my '07 Pacifica rear shocks/springs to a conventional setup. The OEM rear shocks are a high-dollar Nivomat getup (airless self-leveling) that cost about $300 per side. Monroe is the only one that offers the conversion kit to my knowledge and their shocks are branded as their higher tier offering. I bit. Less than a thousand miles later the driver's side shock is leaking. Luckily it's a 10 minute changeout and under warranty.

But after two bad experiences back to back I won't be buying Monroe again.

Similar experience. Monroe Quick Struts clunking and rattling after less than a year. Had to do the job over.

And I chose Monroe over the Chinese brands to avoid going bottom of the barrel and having a more quality part. Clearly Monroe isn't that.

 

[92saturnsl2]

Similar experience. Monroe Quick Struts clunking and rattling after less than a year. Had to do the job over.

And I chose Monroe over the Chinese brands to avoid going bottom of the barrel and having a more quality part. Clearly Monroe isn't that.

IMHO quick struts are junk to begin with. I won't use them unless I'm selling the car shortly after, and I feel bad doing that. There's lots of videos on Youtube with a guy and a caliper measuring quick strut springs (all over the cost / quality spectrum) vs. OEM. The differences are alarming.

 

[14Accent]

I share the hate for Monroe as much as anyone, but thank GOD for them making a second run of rear struts for my Reatta last year. Without that special run, I'd have been stuck paying over $500 a pair from a Reatta specialist.

 

[4LeggedFrog]

Bought a pair of rears for a Saturn and it says, Made in the USA on the box. I'm assuming some of their products are made elsewhere, but surprised to see these were made here.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LVXU9Q0/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Made in the USA is good, but Made in the USA by an AMERICAN company is even better!