Parts for your 2016 Ford Falcon-Strut mounts

2016 Ford Falcon strut-mounts — are they a thing?

Short answer: no, strut-mounts aren’t used on the 2016 Ford Falcon (FG X). The factory front suspension is a short-long arm (SLA) double-wishbone layout with a coil-over shock and a separate steering knuckle, not a MacPherson strut. Because there’s no strut, there’s no rotating strut-mount/bearing at the top. Around the back, sedans run Control Blade independent rear suspension (IRS) and utes use a live axle with leaf springs — neither setup uses strut-mounts either.

This isn’t guesswork — it’s straight out of the tech material. The Ford FG/FG X Falcon Workshop Manual (Suspension, Section 204-01 Front and 204-04 Rear) specifies the double-wishbone front and Control Blade/live-axle rears. Ford Australia’s FG X specification sheets describe the same hardware, and independent technical summaries (e.g., the FG X model pages in reputable automotive references) note “double wishbone front” rather than MacPherson strut.

So what is a strut-mount, and why doesn’t the Falcon need one? On cars with MacPherson struts, the top mount houses a bearing that lets the whole strut rotate as you steer. The Falcon’s steering happens through a knuckle attached to upper and lower control arms, so the front shock’s top uses a simple insulator/bush — no bearing, no strut-mount assembly.

If someone’s chasing a front-end clunk or vague steering on a 2016 Falcon and has been told to “do the strut-mounts,” they’ll be looking in the wrong spot. The right service items to focus on are:

• Upper and lower control-arm bushes and ball joints
• Front shock absorbers and their upper insulators
• Sway-bar links and D-bushes
• Steering rack ends/tie-rod ends
• Rear: shock bushes, IRS trailing/control arm bushes (sedan), or leaf-spring bushes and shackles (ute)

A note for modifiers: most coilover kits for FG/FG X still retain the double-wishbone architecture. They might include a top hat and isolator for the damper, but they don’t convert the car to a MacPherson setup with strut-mount bearings. Any attempt to change suspension type wholesale would mean significant engineering and likely run into road-legal compliance issues in Aus/NZ.

Popular questions

Does a 2016 Ford Falcon use strut-mounts?
No. The FG X Falcon’s double-wishbone front end and Control Blade/live-axle rear mean there are no MacPherson struts and therefore no strut-mounts.

What should be checked or replaced instead of strut-mounts on a 2016 Falcon?
Look at front control-arm bushes and ball joints, front shock upper insulators, sway-bar links and bushes, and steering rack ends. At the rear, check shock absorbers and bushes, IRS arm bushes (sedan), or leaf-spring bushes and shackles (ute).

Can aftermarket coilovers add strut-mounts to a 2016 Falcon?
Most coilovers keep the factory double-wishbone layout. They may add a top hat/isolator for the damper but not a bearing-style strut-mount. Converting to MacPherson would require major engineering and may not be road-legal in Australia or New Zealand.