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Feb 14th, 2023, 09:52 | #1 |
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Coil Spring Corrosion
Quick question. I have a 2017 Volvo V40, around 20 months ago, the offside front coil spring snapped, and was replaced under warranty as I had bought the car from a main dealer.
Yesterday, the nearside front coil spring snapped and skewered the tyre. The car has been recovered to the local main dealer (who replaced the offside spring) and I have just had a phonecall to say that they need to replace both the Nearside and Offside front coil springs as the nearside spring is broken but the offside spring is badly corroded. I was advised by the dealer today that if one spring breaks, both springs should be replaced at the same time. So a couple of obvious questions..... 1 - Should both springs have been replaced under warranty 20 months ago if that is standard practice? 2 - Am I being unreasonable to expect a coil spring to remain corrosion resistant for more than 20 months/16,000 miles? Or is this "you need to replace the other spring" just blatant upselling? |
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Feb 14th, 2023, 10:46 | #3 |
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I'm just wondering whether this is something that I should be raising with Volvo Customer Services.
Less than 24 months of use from a coil spring seems poor quality parts being used, or as you suggest, a bad batch of springs...... either way it's not a good look. |
Dec 11th, 2023, 12:02 | #4 |
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Both my front springs have broken on my 54,000 mile 2017 D4 R design Nav Pro. How can I find out what spring length I need? Is it sports chassis or standard on an R Design? "sports" is, i think, 288mm spring length?
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your volvo parts dept will be able to get the correct spring type from the chassis code.
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Springs breaking in less than two years seems excessive, but the roads today are poor and suspension systems take a beating on a daily basis. Even still, I wouldn't expect broken springs in such a short period of time... unless you make a habit of driving into pot holes. Lol.
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