2009 Peugeot 1007 nearside front spring
Year: 2009
Variant: 1.4
Categories:
Steering, Suspension, Brakes, Wheels & Tyres
Driving on a tarmaced car park, turning into a space (2-3 mph) there was a bang, then the front nearside collapsed! My well maintained car was subsequently loaded onto a truck and despatched to the repair garage. Where on investigation the front spring apparently slipped out of it's holding saucer! A partial saucer (not a full circumference).
Was informed that it was a common problem on Peugeot's, + Picasso's, It could have happened anytime the Mechanic said! and, could not have been predicted What would have happened if i was travelling at 70 mph on a motorway and pierced the tyre as it did mine?
Has anyone had a similar problem, who is still alive?
Was informed that it was a common problem on Peugeot's, + Picasso's, It could have happened anytime the Mechanic said! and, could not have been predicted What would have happened if i was travelling at 70 mph on a motorway and pierced the tyre as it did mine?
Has anyone had a similar problem, who is still alive?
Posted: Mar 28, 2015 (9 years ago)
your coil spring broke.Unfortunately it does happen but you were unfortunate that the remainder of the spring slipped past the cup.It has happened to myself but I wasn't travelling too fast at the time.
Posted Mar 28, 2015 (9 years ago)
When I started out a long time ago replacing springs was a relatively rare job.
These days it's a lot more common.
It's an unusual MOT that hasn't got at least an advisory on one or more springs.
So much that I have invested several hundred pounds in new spring compressors for the workshop.
With todays road conditions broken springs are just a fact of life.
So much so that I now advise on even rusty springs as needing replacement.
Fortunately springs do appear to mostly snap under extreme torsion that comes from just what happened to you,
low speed manoeuvring,
These days it's a lot more common.
It's an unusual MOT that hasn't got at least an advisory on one or more springs.
So much that I have invested several hundred pounds in new spring compressors for the workshop.
With todays road conditions broken springs are just a fact of life.
So much so that I now advise on even rusty springs as needing replacement.
Fortunately springs do appear to mostly snap under extreme torsion that comes from just what happened to you,
low speed manoeuvring,
Posted Mar 29, 2015 (9 years ago)
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Posted Mar 29, 2015 (9 years ago)
With reference to the original problem, the spring did not break! it came out of the "saucer" holding it in with no stresses on it, only performing a normal turning manoeuvre. Was there no "call back" on this obvious design fault?
Posted Mar 29, 2015 (9 years ago)
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