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From: Fred on 21 May 2010 14:55
Hello,

My poor old c3 that I am always posting about has today broken the
front o/s spring. I don't think there is any major damage, i.e. tyre
not burst, so what sort of price am I likely to be charged to fix
this?

This did happen before but under warranty and then both front springs
failed. I was told by the breakdown man that there was a recall on c3s
about this but citroen checked my serial number and said my car was
not affected; my experience begs to differ ;(

TIA
From: Duncan Wood on 21 May 2010 16:04
On Fri, 21 May 2010 19:55:53 +0100, Fred <fred(a)no-email.here.invalid>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> My poor old c3 that I am always posting about has today broken the
> front o/s spring. I don't think there is any major damage, i.e. tyre
> not burst, so what sort of price am I likely to be charged to fix
> this?
>
> This did happen before but under warranty and then both front springs
> failed. I was told by the breakdown man that there was a recall on c3s
> about this but citroen checked my serial number and said my car was
> not affected; my experience begs to differ ;(
>
> TIA


Springs are about �25, it's about 30minutes if it didn't hit anything else
on the way, personally I'd change both.
From: Chris on 24 May 2010 10:16
Fred wrote:
> Hello,
>
> My poor old c3 that I am always posting about has today broken the
> front o/s spring. I don't think there is any major damage, i.e. tyre
> not burst, so what sort of price am I likely to be charged to fix
> this?
>
> This did happen before but under warranty and then both front springs
> failed. I was told by the breakdown man that there was a recall on c3s
> about this but citroen checked my serial number and said my car was
> not affected; my experience begs to differ ;(
>
> TIA

The recall was to fit a cup under the spring so a broken spring could
not puncture the tyre. When they did ours they did not replace the
springs and presumably later cars came with this cup fitted.

Chris
From: Fred on 2 Jun 2010 17:39
On Mon, 24 May 2010 15:16:40 +0100, Chris <spam.trap1(a)ntlworld.com>
wrote:

>The recall was to fit a cup under the spring so a broken spring could
>not puncture the tyre. When they did ours they did not replace the
>springs and presumably later cars came with this cup fitted.

Hi,

I was told they welded something to the spring to stop it falling.
Either way, they said my car was not affected and even if it had been
modified, the modification only stops the spring from falling through
the tyre, it doesn't stop the spring from falling off. The average
quote was �150 BTW. I think the spring itself is about �40.
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