Are my shocks shot?

[SolRayz]

Lately my Runner seems to float like an old caddy. My '03 has 93K miles and I'm pretty sure the previous owner never replaced the oem shocks. Is this a lot of miles for the oem's?

 

[Doozi]

If it's "bouncing" after bumps like a boat, then yes, the shocks are probably bad. Test it out on a speed bump... roll over the bump with enough speed to compress the springs (maybe 5mph) without using brakes and see if it goes boing-boing-boing. Shocks in proper working order will just compress and rebound while a lot of "bouncing" indicates that the shock is no longer able to control the spring action.

 

[4Runner8]

a good test is to push down on the front bumper while parked and let go if it comes up and bounces you need new shocks, do same thing for rear