Was checking over the car the other day in preparation for its MOT test. Dunno why but I was compelled to look at the rear coils springs cause I thought the car had been sitting low at the back a week past when I had 5 onboard for a trip to the Lake District. The bottom coil of the nearside spring had broken but was still in there. I hadn't experienced any noises or such like during everyday driving. I was a bit annoyed cause I had exactly the same problem on my last Leon Mk3. I was getting tyres fitted and the tyre fitter noticed the broken spring (nearside again!). I got that one replaced at the dealers under warranty albeit with a bit of an argument, and they only replaced the broken one, not the pair.
Well I took the car in for its test yesterday and told the tester that I had noticed the spring was broken. They told me not to worry about it and they would get it sorted and MOT'd before the day was out. True to their word, they got a pair of Sachs springs and fitted them and tested the car to boot, so despite being a bit lighter in the wallet department, all is good. This was my local independent I might add, they said its not uncommon for them to fit 5 or 6 coil springs a week as the roads are so bad and well quality of parts just isn't as good as they used to be. Rear springs especially are a bit weedy.
I'm just a bit disappointed that the springs seem to break so easily and early in the cars life (3 to 4 years old). The rears on my car (2018 facelift) were like new, no rust evident, still clean with labels attached.
Well I took the car in for its test yesterday and told the tester that I had noticed the spring was broken. They told me not to worry about it and they would get it sorted and MOT'd before the day was out. True to their word, they got a pair of Sachs springs and fitted them and tested the car to boot, so despite being a bit lighter in the wallet department, all is good. This was my local independent I might add, they said its not uncommon for them to fit 5 or 6 coil springs a week as the roads are so bad and well quality of parts just isn't as good as they used to be. Rear springs especially are a bit weedy.
I'm just a bit disappointed that the springs seem to break so easily and early in the cars life (3 to 4 years old). The rears on my car (2018 facelift) were like new, no rust evident, still clean with labels attached.