Suspension Front Springs

[ubuntufan]

Hi Citroen owners!

 

Just a question about my new C4 (2015 Hdi 100)

 

I wonder about the front suspension spring, which has "rubber insert spacers" (see photo). Has anyone seen such on their car ? I think this seems like a strange solution/design...

 

 

Thanks

[paul.h]

Welcome to the forum.

 

Our C4 does not have these and they are not shown in the parts diagrams. I suspect they may be there for delivery purposes and should have been removed by your dealer before the car was handed over. I would imagine with them fitted the suspension/driving must feel odd and very hard over any bumps.

[ubuntufan]

hi

 

my thought exactly (some transport aid). so I went by the dealer who was of the opinion that the rubber inserts probably should be there... said new cars only require tire pressure tjeck and activation of the remote control.

 

I will try to see if the rubbers are difficult to remove.

 

If anyone has a new blue hdi 100 or 120, can you please see if your car has rubber inserts in the front springs :)

[paul.h]

I did check the parts diagrams for all the C4s and these inserts are not shown but if you want to check yourself using your VIN (VIS) (top left on the site) you can do this on the service.citroen site if you register as another professional and a member of the Citroen Owners Club http://service.citroen.com/pages/index.jsp

 

If the inserts do not come out with the car on the ground, you may find jacking up will let the spring lose its compression enough to make removal easy. Obviously use an axle stand. If your car only came with the aerosol and pump instead of a spare wheel/jack/wheel brace/yellow plastic bolt cap removal tool, then you may need to use a jack from another car. If you buy all these things from a dealer it is around £200.

 

If you need to top up the Adblue through the boot filler, try not to spill any since once it dries out the boot will be full of urea crystals which can smell - a neighbour had a container tip over in their Audi boot.

 

On a transporter with the car held by the wheels, I would imagine a car body would bounce up and down a lot and these inserts would stop that. A dealer that sells new cars should know about them - if you go back to the same one, ask to look at another car in the showroom.

[ubuntufan]

update:

 

removed the rubbers today. once the car was jacked up they came right off.

 

the front suspension was much bouncier with the rubbers. almost felt like the shock absorbers did not work 100%. i just thought that was french comfort :) but now the steering feels more direct.

 

tharks for the help paul.