2004 VUE Suspension issues

[LMPARD]

I have a 2004 VUE V6 AWD. At 52,000 miles I had the mount assembly, front strut upper bearing replaced for $200. At 58,000 miles I complained of noise again and they stated the right front lower control arm bushing front sway bar end links were loose so they replaced the links and bushings for $345. Now at 62,000 miles they are telling me that both the front mounts are collapsed and though the struts are not 'bad' that I should think about replacing everything for the tune of $825 not including the allignment that is necessary. Am I getting the shaft here? This is my second Saturn, been going to the same dealer for 7 + years and I am faithful with all maintenance. I usually have NO issues with trusting the dealership BUT the head of maintenance was just sent to another location before I started haveing issues so I am leary. Wouldn't at the very lest the right mount be under warentee if it was just replaced in JUNE or is it likely that it would collapse 10,000 miles after it was installed?

[burnout]

Unfortunately, those all sound like valid problems that could be happening to your car. Especially at those mileages. So far, nothing seems sketchy. The pricing is obviously a little higher than it would be at an independent shop, but its the dealer, this is to be expected.

The struts are not a must-have item right now, but they could definitely be improved upon at that mileage. They could very well be shot at this point.

[D C]

They're telling you that the strut mounts are "collapsed"? That right there seems rather bizarre. I'm not sure what a "collapsed" strut mount would look like.

Struts do wear out. At 62k miles, it's possible that new struts would improve control. You might want to price having a local shop replace the struts. There's no way you should pay anywhere near that amount for new struts.