Ever have a spring break?
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I am used to seeing this on cars exposed to road salt.
On cars not exposed to road salt, I typically only see it on the Ford Focus or Pontiac Grand Am.
On cars not exposed to road salt, I typically only see it on the Ford Focus or Pontiac Grand Am.
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Yup, one on the rear of the 2000 Focus, was like that when we bought it. They were cheap to replace. Had broke about 3/4 of the way around from the top on one of the coils.
Wife's BMW had a broken spring (2000 328i), similar failure as the Focus.
Mustang had a broken front spring, broke right in the control arm, you'd never know it was broken, found it when I was swapping out some parts.
I've never seen one shatter though, that's a new one!
Wife's BMW had a broken spring (2000 328i), similar failure as the Focus.
Mustang had a broken front spring, broke right in the control arm, you'd never know it was broken, found it when I was swapping out some parts.
I've never seen one shatter though, that's a new one!
Had a 97 Windstar that Ford got in trouble with on the front springs. Ford's solution was to insert a small metal plate between the tire and the top of the spring so the tire wouldn't throw junk on the spring. Spring broke anyway. Ford had a warranty thing that they would replace the springs no charge if one broke before 10 years from original date of purchase. I was at 9 years, 11 months---lucked out on that one.
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