Rear springs cracked/broken !

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chapel
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Rear springs cracked/broken !

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My Scirocco R is from 2010 but has only done 32K miles (shameful I know!), and is garaged when not in use. Yet somehow in the last 500 miles of uneventful motoring both rear springs have cracked and need replacing. This seems very peculiar, given that the suspension is VW original equipment Has anyone else had a similar problem, and is there a known problem with the rear springs?
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Cuprabob
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Re: Rear springs cracked/broken !

Post by Cuprabob »

Sadly broken springs is very common on all VAG cars irrespective on how many miles they have done.
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Daz GT TSI
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Both of mine broke recently.. Image
This was one of them


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a4gee
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Re: Rear springs cracked/broken !

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Out of interest, how did you know something was wrong in the first place?
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chapel
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Re: Rear springs cracked/broken !

Post by chapel »

Hi, thanks for that, I hadn't heard it was common. I hadn't noticed any symptoms - it was a pre-MOT check.
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LHM
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Re: Rear springs cracked/broken !

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good excuse to get some lowering springs!
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Daz GT TSI
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LHM wrote:good excuse to get some lowering springs!
That's exactly what I did [emoji12][emoji12]


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Re: Rear springs cracked/broken !

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Daz GT TSI wrote:
LHM wrote:good excuse to get some lowering springs!
That's exactly what I did [emoji12][emoji12]


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AyBee
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Re: Rear springs cracked/broken !

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Just had mine replaced at the MOT too - annoying!!
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Re: Rear springs cracked/broken !

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Speed bumps, pot holes they are the main problem, especially if you hit them fast.
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3t3p
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Re: Rear springs cracked/broken !

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Yes have had to have both of my rear springs replaced over last two years.

Then again come and look at the third world roads in Manchester:(

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