Home is still 800 miles away. Good idea on the suspension bolts. I'll check the morning.
Even if a bolt is snapped, would that cause the strut/spring to compress and not rebound? The biggest issue is that the tire may rub the fender if the strut compresses in a bump and doesn't bounce back. The driving issue I noticed that keyed me to the problem was the tire rubbing when pulling into a gas station. The tires have never rubbed before, so I started to look around. Everything looked normal except the ride height was about half inch lower than normal, then I noticed the compress/no bounce back issue.
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