broken front spring on signum 1.9cdti

**dcdevlin** · 10th January 2009, 23:47

hi there could anyone advise me on a problem that i have with my 55 plate signum....27500 miles !!!!!!
my drivers side front spring snapped at the bottom at about 30 mph and as you can imagine it made a mess , i have replaced both springs and got the tracking done but the car still wants to pull to the right and it is doing my head in as at £140 plus for tyres its not funny and dont want to buy more in few months...hope someone can help
regards
dcdevlin

**don paul** · 10th January 2009, 23:49

yet another one bites the dust,my 55 reg sri broke a spring 2 weeks ago

**dcdevlin** · 10th January 2009, 23:53

have you had any problems with your steering as at 30mph it went down with a bang as the spring ripped through the tyre

**don paul** · 11th January 2009, 00:00

luckily it was my rear spring ,so i used the van till i could replace it but decided to buy a full set of lowering springs instead just incase anymore broke

**pscocoa** · 11th January 2009, 13:40

why are these springs breaking at this low mileage? Do you drive over rough ground or tow - something which might distinguish your use from normal roads. If not then there has to be a design fault much like the dreaded dual mass flywheel - should we all be getting inspections done on this in last month of warranty period?

**leeds vectra** · 11th January 2009, 16:21

Quite common, I've had one go at 29,000. I had both fronts replaced under warranty (3rd year).

**Big Sig** · 11th January 2009, 16:27

Mine just went at 64k. Didn't go near the tyre though

**Hideous** · 11th January 2009, 16:33

there's a pandemic of broken springs happening for the vectra. If yours hasn't broken yet, it's only a matter of time by the looks of it. Mine is yet to break, but I'm very concerned :/
Why aren't VOSA getting involved with this? Surely it's extremely dangerous, and yet another ridiculously bad part fitted to the C.

**Big Sig** · 11th January 2009, 16:47

Originally Posted by Hideous

there's a pandemic of broken springs happening for the vectra. If yours hasn't broken yet, it's only a matter of time by the looks of it. Mine is yet to break, but I'm very concerned :/
Why aren't VOSA getting involved with this? Surely it's extremely dangerous, and yet another ridiculously bad part fitted to the C.

If you look at other cars on honestjohn.co.uk it seems fairly common across a wide varity of makes/models. Still not good imo.

**pscocoa** · 11th January 2009, 19:00

This is obviously a dangerous design fault I have never had a spring go on a car except on a 1964 Austin Cambridge A60 and that was a leaf spring!!!

I will try and get some info from VX but this will be difficult - it is about time manufacturers were obliged to keep public records of warranty issues where the number of incidents of a certain type exceeds a certain percentage of the cars on the road fitted with that component. This would expose these issues and encourage improvement. If it is a common fault on low mileage cars then it is a design fault and there should be a recall.