This bike I think has a more road-bike-oriented suspension fork, typically having less than 1" of travel (which you might miss, once removed).

The tell is usually the swoop to the lower fork legs.

The lower-tier forks often lack sufficient precision to allow the seals to really work at all when water or dust is encountered, so having intact rubber bellows can be essential and is the sign of a decent fork if the rubber isn't the type that cracks after a couple of years.

My (originally Costco-sourced) Schwinn Broadway hybrid has an SR/Suntour fork of this type, but it uses a welded-up steel (with pressed-in aluminum dropouts) lower leg assembly and I had to add my own fork boots when I rebuilt it. But it's a very worthwhile addition for rough surfaces even if mine is quite flexy (because of it's welded-sheet construction).
Possibly though, yours may have lost effective travel if it uses elastomer springs (mine has a steel coil).