29-03-2013, 12:57 PM
(29-03-2013, 12:54 PM)Poodle Wrote: Pretty common problem atm, in just the last week (well, four days) of MOTs we've found 17 broken springs. Although 3 of them were all on one car, you'll never guess what car it was....
Yup, a Vectra. Seriously, i'm not on a wind-up - 3 broken springs on one and another 2 on two other vectras. We only had four vectras in this week, three of which had broken springs, go figure..!
Doesn't surprise me in the slightest.......mine failed MOT on snapped rear spring so had both replaced. Couple of weeks later the front snapped too.
Ah well, atleast the springs are cheap (shame the tyres arent) and they've gotta last a year I reckon. I don't see how anyone can get to MOT without noticing they've snapped a spring though, its pretty obvious! 