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I had no idea that broken springs were such a common occurrance.
I have only had one spring break since I started driving in the late 70's. A rear leaf spring on a Morris Marina with about a million miles on the clock (NHX 566L if it is still about).
Doesn't look like it is, nor has it been for a while.
I had no idea that broken springs were such a common occurrance.
I have only had one spring break since I started driving in the late 70's. A rear leaf spring on a Morris Marina with about a million miles on the clock (NHX 566L if it is still about).
"Suspension" is, according to Honest John and several other recent articles, now the 2nd most common cause of MOT failure, and according to my contacts in the MOT trade, a good number of those fails are due to fractured road-springs.
Put it like this - I never had a spring break until about a decade ago, but I'm buying newer cars now - pre-2000ish vehicles don't seem to have the problem anywhere near as much as post-2000ish (not exactly, obviously).
Just to test myself, I've worked back through all the breakages I've had in my head (not in order).
2000 Fiat Seicento - NSF
2003 Volvo V40 - NSR
2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee - OSF
2002 Volvo S80 - OSF
2005 Skoda Superb - NSF
2004 Audi A4 - NSF
2002 BMW 528i - OSR
2000 Peugeot Boxer - NSF
2000 BMW 318Ti - OSF
I can only remember nine... and I can only find records of them too, so I may have exaggerated by 1.
