Broken Springs - List (add yourself if you've been affected)

[jimmyrottencauli]

Just failed its MOT
Both rear springs broken @ 33,000 miles.

 

[ocala]

Mine had a bad year for springs - both rears were found to be broken at the last service, then one front spring broke catastrophically, luckily while I was reversing out of my parking space and not while I was negotiating the winding country roads around where I live. So that is all four springs (and two front suspension struts) this year. I think they lasted pretty well, though, compared to some - the car is ten years old and around 70K miles.

 

[Cookie]

54 Plate 2.2 with 52K on the clock NSR spring fail, both rears replaced at same time in April this year.

 

[DumfriesDik]

3.0 Si Roadster
2008
30,000 miles
Passenger rear has failed and failed MOT.
Replacing both!

 

[Scooba_Steve]

30k, wow. Replace all round, OE will just snap again!

 

[ronk]

The zed is not unique when it comes to broken springs!

 

[olsonn]

NSR spring snapped, spotted on Inspection 2

 

[WLH]

My 2007 M Roadster
Discovered at 70,000 miles and Inspection II that left rear spring was broken.
2 new OEM springs cost $264 including shipping plus I paid my local independent mechanic $90 to install.
Total cost = $354
Total install time for both springs was about 1.25 hours.

 

[wopjob]

Add me. did it myself.
also on my 325xi

 

[blobslosak]

Spotted at Inspection 2 at 73k, rear spring has snapped on my 09 coupe. Excuse for an upgrade I guess.

 

[MerBrook]

Just had our coupe in for MOT and oil service this morning (44500 miles) and Rybrook at Warwick have just informed me that one rear spring is broken, unknown which side at present, but will be replaced under warranty so a bit of a result.

 

[Spoilt]

Another one bites the dust...rear LHS spring snapped. Noticed it when fitting new brake disc (96k miles). Drives normally though. No extra cash to replace it yet.

 

[ronk]

How near to the tyre is the spring?
I've had cars with broken springs that were very close to the side wall of the tyre.

 

[RickRob]

Just looked on the MOT site and saw that the previous owner of mine had springs replaced due to MOT failure because one snapped.

 

[ronk]

It's a definite failure as a broken Spring can dislodge and do all sorts of damage.

 

[philz4]

perhaps bmw should replace them for nothing, as imo they dont finish the ends off correctly , coils used to be finished off by feathering them flat, that way they sat properly with even pressure on the coil.

 

[ronk]

In my experience, all automotive coil (road) springs tend to break at the same point!
It's nothing unique to Bmw.

 

[philz4]

yes it saves them money not doing them properly , and more profit on us having to replace them.

 

[ronk]

If they were ground flat they would break in the same place!

 

[philz4]

older cars fitted with flat ends very rarely did !