C3 54 Reg Sx Hdi Broken Spring

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Woke up this moring to find that the OSF spring had broken. No sign of this last night when i drove home, Dealer changing both under warranty.

Car taken to dealers by recovery service.

This is not an uncommon fault and the C3 and Picassos are subject to recallabout this, but my C3 was outside the VIN range for it.

 

Will report further when I get the car back.

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Both springs replaced under warranty, no problems at all. Car is now on raod and again running as before.

 

Thanks to my dealers Worthing Motors Broadwater Raod Worthing. :rolleyes:

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Both springs replaced under warranty, no problems at all. Car is now on raod and again running as before.

 

Thanks to my dealers Worthing Motors Broadwater Raod Worthing. :rolleyes:

Glad to hear it's been sorted - I've been using Worthing Motors since Oct 2005 when I bought my car and have too received good service. Any word if Citroen are possibly recalling more C3s?

Regards

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[Guest rowls]

There was a recall out on C3's to put cups on the suspension struts, not to prevent spring breakage but to stop them causing damage if (or when) they do break!

[raveydavey]

There was a recall out on C3's to put cups on the suspension struts, not to prevent spring breakage but to stop them causing damage if (or when) they do break!

 

My car (03 plate C3 1.4HDi Desire) has had the recall for the cups fitting at a dealer. I have noted that ever since this was done though the car has expereienced a vibration at low speeds - anyone else noted this? The dealer that fitted them initially denied this could be anything to do with it and had the car in several times in an attempt to find the source of the vibration but always returned the car "NFF".

On the last visit for this they had cured the fault but couldn't / wouldn't tell me what they'd done.

 

On having a service done at an independent several months later I was warned that the recall had only been carried out on one side of the car - oddly enough the cup was missing on the side that had had the rattle / vibration.

 

I called Citroen who confirmed that the dealer had claimed for both sides and they wanted me to take the car back for them to sort. We agreed after some discussion that I'd take the car to a different dealer and oddly enough the vibration was back as soon as I drove away from their premises, so it is clearly the cup that was fitted.

I'm still waiting for Citroen to call me back about the original dealer removing the modification (6 months + and counting.)

 

When discussing it with the owner of the independent garage I now use, it appears that the cup fitting is a penny pinching exercise as it's a question of when the springs break rather than if....

[Guest Chippenham_Bluebird]

My 2002 HDi just failed it MOT (3rd on the trot...much to my disgust) for broken offside spring. Easy job, worth having a go at, or leave it to the local garage?

[Guest xtr man]

Woke up this moring to find that the OSF spring had broken. No sign of this last night when i drove home, Dealer changing both under warranty.

Car taken to dealers by recovery service.

This is not an uncommon fault and the C3 and Picassos are subject to recallabout this, but my C3 was outside the VIN range for it.

 

Will report further when I get the car back.

I too had an experience with a broken spring (nsf) broke during the night. I thought it was just one of those things, just out of warranty too! At least it wasn`t when I was driving as I had just recently drove back from cornwall (over 400 miles) Got the pair replaced that day for 130 pounds fitted. Never had that happen to any other car that i have owned, driven 60,000 miles with no other major faults occuring. C3 XTR HDI 16v

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This is quite a common fault on all makes these days. The tow man who took mine away said it's pot holes and speed bumps that are to blame.

 

Didn't you try for a goodwill from Citroen on this they know it's a faukt that's why the recall was done.