I have a year 1999 ford focus wagon, about 90,000 miles. When I went out to drive my car it felt like the brake was on, I took a look and one side of the front was lower then the other and when I reached back I could feel the suspension coil was directly on my wheel, I then found a single coil ring under the car that had rusted through. Any idea how much or what I have to do to fix this, or if this is a common problem, I just bought the car this year so this is pretty unbelievable.
2007-05-01 10:47:51 · 3 answers · asked by healthyleeroy 3 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Ford
thanks a ton, and yes I do live in a salty winter area, can't stand it
2007-05-01 14:09:09 · update #1
about $100 its a ford they do that
i did a 85 truck front end and almost evert bolt broke off
that part usally doesnt break but as you see they some times do do you live in a high saly usage aria for snow??
2007-05-01 10:55:02 · answer #1 · answered by mobile auto repair (mr fix it) 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
jack the car up and place it on jack stands remove tires and strut assembly go to your local auto parts store and rent a spring commpressor and compress the spring get new spring from parts store and compress it the parts will probly cost around 100 and the compressor will probl cost around 40 to 50 to buy 0r you can rent it from most autopart stores
2007-05-01 19:43:07 · answer #2 · answered by evildemented 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
take it back to ford dealer. ford has coil spring problems on all their vehicles. should be in warranty.
2007-05-01 19:54:21 · answer #3 · answered by searstech 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋