Had the car from new [2010] only 59,000 miles on the clock and try to miss every pothole we see and don't drive like a nutter, car was just 5 years old and one spring snapped, then two days later another snaps, son changing them both, so thinking that'll be it for many years now, how wrong was I because the driverside also gave up again, the ''''BANG'''' it made crapped the hell out of us and the shockwave to the steering wheel was bad, surprised the airbag didn't deploy it was that bad.

Is it common for the older Fiesta to snap springs ? What a joke.

What size wheels do you have?

What make of spring have you used for replacement?

What make of tyre have you chosen?

2 hours ago, Ian Lanc said:

Had the car from new [2010] only 59,000 miles on the clock and try to miss every pothole we see and don't drive like a nutter, car was just 5 years old and one spring snapped, then two days later another snaps, son changing them both, so thinking that'll be it for many years now, how wrong was I because the driverside also gave up again, the ''''BANG'''' it made crapped the hell out of us and the shockwave to the steering wheel was bad, surprised the airbag didn't deploy it was that bad.

Is it common for the older Fiesta to snap springs ? What a joke.

It snapping a new spring that soon after fitting it suggests that the strut may not have been put back together in quite the right alignment 

If I've read that right, the first springs snapped after 5 years, the replacement spring snapped after another 9 years?  That doesn't sound unreasonable at all.  Pigtail springs do snap more often on all cars, it's not a Ford specific issue.

I briefly worked at Ford back in 2011 and Mk7 Fiesta springs were already snapping by then!

37 minutes ago, TomsFocus said:

If I've read that right, the first springs snapped after 5 years, the replacement spring snapped after another 9 years?  That doesn't sound unreasonable at all.  

To me springs snapping of springs on any previous cars we've owned never happened, so having another one go is a shocker.

52 minutes ago, Neb_engineer said:

It snapping a new spring that soon after fitting it suggests that the strut may not have been put back together in quite the right alignment 

Springs was changed by my son who knows how to fit & seat them correctly, everything aligned up after fitting, just to make sure everything was ok, took it for an alignment check at a ford dealership, it was all bang on.

3 hours ago, orangecurry said:

What size wheels do you have?

What make of spring have you used for replacement?

What make of tyre have you chosen?

Genuine Ford 16 inch wheels when purchased new.

Springs: From  the Ford Dealership, so I'm guessing what is used on all their production cars.

Tyres: Gone through a few sets since we owned it Bridgestone/Michelin - Got Michelins on now.

All good choices.  We have the silly 17" Ford wheels, and suffered a few bends whilst it was on the silly pre-facelift size tyres, cheap ones fitted by the PO, but not had any since going up to the facelift size, and a decent make as well.

We've had only one broken spring on the Fiesta, but just the lowest coil (and we didn't notice until MOT!) and I think the originals were factory/Ford with the 'correct' colour-coded dots.

I think you've just been unlucky!

1 hour ago, Ian Lanc said:

To me springs snapping of springs on any previous cars we've owned never happened, so having another one go is a shocker.

This.  My other son's MINI R56 had a spring go recently as well.  I think it's cheaper modern springs that all manufacturers churn out on their entry-level cars.

59 minutes ago, Ian Lanc said:

To me springs snapping of springs on any previous cars we've owned never happened, so having another one go is a shocker.

I'd say you've been pretty lucky there.  I've personally had a spring snap on a 6 year old Vectra.  And bought Mk6 Fiesta's and Peugeot 306's with snapped springs.  As well as replacing them on other peoples Mk7 Fiesta's, Mk3 Mondeo's and Mk3 Focus.

I often spot parts of coil springs on the road while walking round the block as well.  It's really not uncommon nowadays.

Pigtail spring design is one of the contributing factors.  Plus the state of the roads (potholes & speedhumps everywhere).  Plus more salt on the roads.

If you look at the snap, you'll probably see it was caused by a nick in the powder-coating, followed by salt corrosion across a small area, then the spring is progressively weakened over every bump until eventually it snaps, often on a pothole or speedhump.

Did you replace both sides at the same time? Replaced one side on mine but not the other. The other side went a week later.  Been fine for 3 years

3 hours ago, 59bhp said:

Did you replace both sides at the same time? Replaced one side on mine but not the other. The other side went a week later.  Been fine for 3 years

First time around both sides got changed, always have done on past cars but in this day & age of terrible roads it don't seem worth it, I'm thinking of just having the one side fixed this time.

My son had springs break on two of his VW's (Golf and then Passat) at not particularly high mileage so it's not a Ford thing at all.

10 hours ago, Magenta said:

it's not a Ford thing at all.

Absolutely !!

Zebedee was just saying how his didn't last 🤣

Spring renewed today, old one was actually going in two places, top coil which failed, bottom coil which had a bad crack in it.

On 2/18/2024 at 9:04 PM, unofix said:

Zebedee was just saying how his didn't last 🤣

Last time I knew of him, he's still springing about cos' he was made in the 1960's 🤣 😂 🤣

On 2/21/2024 at 4:13 PM, Ian Lanc said:

Spring renewed today, old one was actually going in two places, top coil which failed, bottom coil which had a bad crack in it.

if it was a genuine ford spring i would take it back to them and show them it

On 2/26/2024 at 9:01 PM, OvEr_KiLL said:

if it was a genuine ford spring i would take it back to them and show them it

It was genuine but can't take it back to Ford, place where I had the new one fitted has most likely binned it now.