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Very lucky Laguna II driver #

Posted by Peter Warman on February 5, 2009, 4:56 pm
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Renault Laguna II 2002

Seems these suffer the same fate as the Peugeot 406, front suspension collapses without warning

He was lucky. M23 centre lane, snowing, late Sunday night, the front suspension drops with a bang, steers to hard shoulder which takes out the tyre and outer CV boot

Bottom section of spring breaks off (about 6") and the whole lot drops down over the suspension leg.......great design

Make sure you check the lower section of the springs when servicing, any speck of rust and advise customer to replace

Peter

Re: Very lucky Laguna II driver #

Posted by Paul Winwright on February 6, 2009, 10:11 am, in reply to "Very lucky Laguna II driver #"
Paul Winwright

Nice picures just laminated a copy and put on reception wall.

Re: Very lucky Laguna II driver #

Posted by Jim Watson on February 6, 2009, 4:44 pm, in reply to "Re: Very lucky Laguna II driver #"
Jim Watson

Had this happen to me a few years ago on a Volvo 360 with Macpherson strut, weld holding the spring cup to the damper just gives way and it all collapses without warning, luckily the wife was driving though, and going slowly.

Re: Very lucky Laguna II driver #

Posted by geoff taylor on February 6, 2009, 7:03 pm, in reply to "Re: Very lucky Laguna II driver #"
Geoff Taylor

had arover 75 in today same scenario,seems to be coming commonplace.ignoring the serious safety aspect which i dont this is good for workshop work load and tyre sales. GEOFF TAYLOR.

Re: Very lucky Laguna II driver #

Posted by Pete Mutlow on February 6, 2009, 8:52 pm, in reply to "Re: Very lucky Laguna II driver #"
Peter Mutlow

Hi All,

May be bad design issues but I believe there is another element. Bad road surfaces. My wife lost control of her VW Passat because of a broken n/s wishbone. This stretch of country road is covered in pot-holes and as a result I sued the council and got damages. I believe our roads are a disgrace and costing motorists dear - apart from putting lives at risk.

Amen

Pete M

Re: Very lucky Laguna II driver #

Posted by Martin Stackemann on February 7, 2009, 10:44 am, in reply to "Re: Very lucky Laguna II driver #"
Martin Stackemann

Hi on the point of bad design I've never failed so many cars(mondeos)especially, on broken road springs as I have in recent years when MOT testing,and even when you fit new ones they dont look right just touching in about 2 points on the lower saddle especially when they have a tight coil at the bottom, the only reason I can see why the manufacturers do this is so they can fit wider wheels without to much cost? they don't like cold weather either. Martin

Re: Very lucky Laguna II driver #

Posted by Steve Nicholas on February 7, 2009, 1:15 pm, in reply to "Re: Very lucky Laguna II driver #"
Stephen Nicholas

I had a KA in in the winter of 2007 with a broken nearside front spring.

The lady 'phoned and said that it was making a noise and thought the wheel bearing was on the way out.

The spring had wound itself off the suspension leg, taken a chunk out of the brake hose and stopped when it got to the tyre, which it had nearly worn a groove right through.

The only reason the suspension hadn't dropped on that corner was because the spring was propped up on the tyre!

How she never had a BIG accident I'll never know.

I'm a bit keen on replacing rusty springs now.

Steve

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