Sping is here... well, one way or the other.

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/wonderlan/SpringIsHere?authkey=OHZFtQbyNNA

I am supposed to be in work but I took the advice of a fellow motorist and pulled over.  Apparently there was a bit of blue smoke coming from the driver side front wheel.  Can you see what the problem is?

The most gutting aspect of this is that I got new tyres on the front just last month.  Marvelous.  
It seems there is a recall on my car due to the front spring snapping resulting in it rubbing the tyre.  My car is 04 plate so I am not sure this will apply to me..
http://www.vosa.gov.uk/vosa/apps/recalls/searches/expand.asp?uniqueID=9C312D6B5AC3BA608025709A005AEEC6

The freaky thing is, the exact same thing happened to my mums C3 last month and hers is a 54 plate and the dealer did it under warranty.  

I have a hire car arrange so I can get to work tomorrow.  The Citroen dealer service desk opens at 8am tomorrow morning so I am going to be calling them first thing and calling Green Flag out to take my car to them.  I cant be arsed with this right now but oh well...  At least I stopped and didnt carry on driving with it like that.  I would have had a blow out.

good excuse to drop some coilovers in

Bad show it jumping out of the cup like that - was the road wild bumpy or anything ? Or did you have any take off situations lol

There are speed bumps on our estate but I dont drive over them at 20+mph like most of my neighbours.  Normally 10-15mph at most.  Having said that, it was making the noise as soon as I set off this afternoon.  There was no noises when I parked my car a few days ago.  Just like when my mums snapped it appears to have happened why the car was stationary on our driveway...

I have since noticed in one of the pics you can see rubber marks on the spring which means the wheel has caused the spring to rotate in the well.  I cant think what the technical term is right now.... mount? something like that anyway.

thats safe. typical french sh*t.

exactly the samthing happened to my old megane.

Breaking or jumping out of its seat?

Quote from: Deaths HeadBreaking or jumping out of its seat?

the cup (that keeps the spring in) snapped and made the tyre blow out, lucky i was only going slow.

Whos suspension are they being made to use nowadays by peugeot ?

I know there was a time when all the sh*t stuff (206 being the main culprit) was actually made in england, but they closed that factory I believe

Well, I believe the dealer has admitted that its a fault and will be done free of charge.  They are dragging their feet over the tyre.  I dont believe they can argue that they shouldnt replace the tyre and win.  The only reason I need a tyre is because the spring has failed and they have agreed that it was faulty by agreeing to repalce that for free.

Also, I saw the broken part of spring on the slip road so on my way home from work I stopped and picked it up.  Its safe to say with 90% conviction that these were formerly one whole spring.




Its very interesting that both ends are rusted.  I dont know how that can be possible unless it has been cracked for some time.

Oh, this is the piece I picked up off the slip road.

steel will rust in hours tbh - look at your brake discs when your car has been stood out overnight

True, but maybe not that much.  Also, the initial photos are straight after its broken so unless it rusts in dry conditions in the space of 30 minutes I am very surprised its in that condition.

If they drag their feet, is it worth getting vehicle inspectorate involved?

Looks like a stress fracture, those dont normally happen overnight. Its been going for a long time and then the final bit went.

^^^ they always break like that (if they do)

stress = weight of car

true.

its rusted like that as the plastic cover (or paint) has come off with the constant compression of the spring - happens any springs that are coated that way.

Happens on VWs all the time but doesnt usually give any trouble unless it would brake somewhere in the middle of the spring but I have only seen it happen like on yours, half a "turn" on top of spring hardly noticeable while driving. I am surprised that it did so much damage on yours, tyres must be very close to spring in the first place for that to happen.

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its rusted like that as the plastic cover (or paint) has come off with the constant compression of the spring - happens any springs that are coated that way.

So what youre saying is that at the break point it will be rusted too?  Im not sure I understand fully what you mean.   Im referring to the cross section surfaces.