Rear Suspension

[michael274]

my wifes c3 auto 1.4 54 reg.

great wee car so far but when you drive it and your taking a right hand bend if the N/S/R wheel hits a small dip ot pot hole on the road the car feels to skip to the left

hand it at the dealers for its service and asked for them to check

but could not find anything

took the car out with the mechanic but sods law applied and never done it

thought it might be down to the charestics of the car but when do a left hand bend and hit a small dip or pothole the car feels fine

any ideas???

thanks in dvance

mick

[stimulator]

The rear suspension on the C3 is coil springs, dampers and trailing arm. I have found on both of mine (54 and 07 models) that when cornering if a small ridge in the road is encountered that the car will skip, if turning right the rear skips right. I was put off by this at first and noted it mostly on the Tushmoor Gyratory roundabout in Crawley.

 

I owned a Picasso before this an dthat has torsion bar son the rear which did not exhibit the same effect.

 

I have on occassions watched the rear of other cars at the same point and note that Ford Focus's and others do the same thing.

[michael274]

hi thanks for that least now i know its not just the car