broken front spring

[build294]

hi all, just been chatting to a mate of mine who owns a 05 vxr and he said he broke a front spring. this is the first of heard of this, has any one had this happen, may be its because of all these potholes on the uk roads

[RB CV8]

Not peculiar to these cars - all manner of makes & models are suffering from broken springs these days, more than ever before. The quality of the roads is no doubt a contributory factor, but I can't help feeling the quality of the springs themselves has something to do with it.

My brother has just had breakages to both front springs on his Vectra, one of which may have been the twanging noise when my Dad got into the passenger seat! And no, he is not a porker!

[Build394]

RB CV8 said:

Not peculiar to these cars - all manner of makes & models are suffering from broken springs these days, more than ever before. The quality of the roads is no doubt a contributory factor, but I can't help feeling the quality of the springs themselves has something to do with it.

My brother has just had breakages to both front springs on his Vectra, one of which may have been the twanging noise when my Dad got into the passenger seat! And no, he is not a porker!

you are rite there, last week my other car failed it's mot for a broken spring and my brother in law's st has had two sets of springs in the last three years

[stevieturbo]

RB CV8 said:

Not peculiar to these cars - all manner of makes & models are suffering from broken springs these days, more than ever before. The quality of the roads is no doubt a contributory factor, but I can't help feeling the quality of the springs themselves has something to do with it.

My brother has just had breakages to both front springs on his Vectra, one of which may have been the twanging noise when my Dad got into the passenger seat! And no, he is not a porker!

Agreed..almost common place now. Nearly most services many cars require springs !!!

Could largely be down to cheap material used. But dont forget to blame all the emissions increasing, damage inducing speed bumps !!!

[neiljohnson]

Doing loads of springs at the mo trouble is that the springs are not as heavy duty as they used to be either to keep the weight down.