Broken rear spring, dangerous to drive?

[watermoto]

Hi.

I think my rear coil spring is broken...it definitely does not match the other side! Given the damage in the picture below, is my car likely unsafe to drive? I think I've lost part of the final turn of the spring:



Car drives fine but I heard a "twaaang" on the way home which alerted me to the issue. I'm guessing the now shorter spring could pop out and jam into the wheel?

Appreciate the help.

Thanks,

[Portofoni]

watermoto said:

Car drives fine but I heard a "twaaang" on the way home which alerted me to the issue. I'm guessing the now shorter spring could pop out and jam into the wheel?

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Or take out the tyre .
If you have to drive it , take it to a repairer ASAP .

It's an MOT fail for a reason .

[rustednut]

Agree , that needs attention urgently.

Nothing stopping that from moving now.

[Chris32345]

Judging by the dirt line that's probably lost around 2 inch of spring so I'd get it sorted asap

[bearman68]

It's a risk OP, but a small one. Springs break all the time, and hardly anyone dies.

[watermoto]

Thanks for the advice all.

I'll try to keep the car off the road until I can get the new springs. Look to be about £50ea from Ford on eBay.

Glad the twang alerted me to the problem!