Hi,

I actually had both front inner boots torn on my 03 Sport. Yes, they lost grease and had gotten some water inside the boots. In the case of CVs I was not going to replace with anything but dealer components (I have learned that sometimes cheap is not the best) but I wasn't ready to shell out that much cash. It took me and two buddies an evening to pull the CVs out and after disassembling, found that though there was some signs of water, the joints looked just fine. Cleaned, repacked, and put new boots on and they have shown no problems in 15k miles.

I would say if you are able to, take them off and at least check and inspect them for damage. If they are okay, replace them with new boots (I bought mine at the dealer along with CV grease). IMO it could save you a bunch of money though I will not argue that buying new will provide that warm fuzzy feeling of knowing they have a warranty.