festa broken front springs
festa broken front springs
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jmorgan

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36,010 posts

310 months

Tuesday 8th March 2011
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Both fronts have snapped says the garage during an MOT. 2006 Fiesta. Never had this on a car before, common thing for ford or just one of them things? Cannot think why, don't go rallying in it.

Karlos69

900 posts

215 months

Tuesday 8th March 2011
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It does happen. I've read a few threads on here and elsewhere where that's happened on Focuses/Foci (?). They usully snap near the end of the springs and the damage can be hard to spot if it's hidden by the spring seat/cup.

jmorgan

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36,010 posts

310 months

Tuesday 8th March 2011
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Oh well. No time to do it myself anyway.

oakdale

1,989 posts

228 months

Tuesday 8th March 2011
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Very common fault.

Justin S

3,658 posts

287 months

Tuesday 8th March 2011
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suspension springs are getting more common in failure due to potholes, speed humps etc causing them to break. Mate has a garage and says 10 yrs ago they would last the life of the car and now its just as disposable as shock absorbers etc.