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Rear springs cracked/broken !
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 4:07 pm
by chapel
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?
Re: Rear springs cracked/broken !
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 8:20 pm
by Cuprabob
Sadly broken springs is very common on all VAG cars irrespective on how many miles they have done.
Re: Rear springs cracked/broken !
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 9:33 pm
by Daz GT TSI
Both of mine broke recently..
This was one of them
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Re: Rear springs cracked/broken !
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 10:27 pm
by a4gee
Out of interest, how did you know something was wrong in the first place?
Re: Rear springs cracked/broken !
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 11:02 pm
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.
Re: Rear springs cracked/broken !
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2018 9:56 am
by LHM
good excuse to get some lowering springs!
Re: Rear springs cracked/broken !
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2018 10:52 am
by Daz GT TSI
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 !
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 9:35 am
by LHM
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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Re: Rear springs cracked/broken !
Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2018 3:29 pm
by AyBee
Just had mine replaced at the MOT too - annoying!!
Re: Rear springs cracked/broken !
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:59 am
by paddyz1
Speed bumps, pot holes they are the main problem, especially if you hit them fast.
Re: Rear springs cracked/broken !
Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2018 3:45 pm
by 3t3p
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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