GM Service Manual Online
For 1990-2009 cars only

These vehicles are equipped with independent rear suspension and coil spring.

The shock absorbers with RPO code FE3 are a fully automatic self levelling shock absorber. The shock absorber when loaded will reach its normal ride height after a few hundred yards.

The rear spring steel stabilizing bar helps minimize body roll and sway during cornering. The rear stabilizer shaft is connected to the frame through insulators and to the lower control arm through the stabilizer shaft links.

The rear suspension system on this vehicle consists of the following components:

    • The rear differential
    • Two coil springs
    • Two shock absorbers
    • Two toe adjustment links
    • Two upper control arms
    • Two lower control arms
    • Two knuckles
    • The stabilizer shaft
    • Two stabilizer shaft links
    • Two trailing arms