2017~2024 Rubber nipples under rear suspension arms

leedar · Sep 13, 2017

I was looking under our CX-5 today and found rubber nipples underneath the rear suspension arms.

Caught me by surprise. Kind of funny to see.

They seem like wear indicators because they clearly won't make any noise if you drive over something low.
Nothing on the front arms.

paris1 · Sep 13, 2017

Positioning tabs for lower spring mounts. They were on previous models as well.

Wheelie · Sep 13, 2017

paris1 said:
Positioning tabs for lower spring mounts. They were on previous models as well.

Probably also to avoid direct contact metal on metal, and reducing noizes.

Gr. Karl

paris1 · Sep 13, 2017

Wheelie said:
Probably also to avoid direct contact metal on metal, and reducing noizes.

The spring mounts I mentioned are rubber isolation pads. The "nipples" are there to keep them from shifting/turning.