Dedra front coil spring catastrophic failure!

[mikeymikemcmike]

A couple of days ago I had driven about a mile from home and heard a sickening crunch, followed by some pretty horrible graunching noises and loss of brakes. I carefully managed to get home.

The nearside front coil spring had broken near the bottom. I started dismantling things today. Looks like the damage is broken spring, cut brake hose, shredded outer CV joint boot and ruined tyre. The car is 15 years old and has 180,000 miles on the clock so I guess you can forgive it!

Dedra owners check your front coil springs carefully!