Wondering if struts are bad?

REO1FAN

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2009 CHEVROLET COBALT
35,000 MILES

The other day as I was cleaning out my trunk I noticed as I put pressure on the trunk that the car dipped down. So I was started pushing down on the rear of the car and noticed that it didn't seem to take much effort to get the car to push down a little bit. However when pushing down hard and letting go there was no bounce at all to the car. Can't imagine the struts would be bad already. Just bought the car 6 months ago as a GM Certified Used Car. Last time I was at the shop for the 27 point inspection they didn't say anything about the struts being bad. So I just wanted to make sure everything was fine.

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RASMATAZ

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Could be the struts or its sprung

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Wednesday, May 30th, 2012 AT 6:52 PM

WRENCHTECH

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I don't think you have any problem. The rear of the car is light and the suspension needs to be soft. The struts don't support. They only control excess motion.