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Car Forum / Citroen Cars / May 2006RE XANTIA FRONT SUSP STRUT.
hi as anyone had a prob with a front susp strut failing on a xantia 1.9 d m reg. mine failed just after doing a left turn thankfully not at speed, resulting in the strut forcing up the bonnet, which thankfully held the strut in place other wise i am sure the car would have been wrecked, no fluid was lost so most of the car stayed up, enabling it to been dragged up a low loader and home. ASH [uk] > hi as anyone had a prob with a front susp strut failing on a xantia > 1.9 d m reg. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > to been dragged up a low loader and home. > ASH [uk] sorry no advice but ... WOW! that's a proper failure - what bad luck! all the best getting back on the road S >hi as anyone had a prob with a front susp strut failing on a xantia 1.9 d m >reg. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >home. > ASH [uk] Pre.97 WILL fail around 100.000kmts. But what fails is not the strut but the mounting.... If yours are original and your car has around 100.000 replace them now.  SignatureEduardo K. | http://www.carfun.cl | Freedom's just another word http://e.nn.cl | for nothing left to lose. | >>hi as anyone had a prob with a front susp strut failing on a xantia 1.9 d >>m [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > If yours are original and your car has around 100.000 replace them now. So my 96 model with 155000 miles on the clock is about twice past the failure point? How come this is the first instance of this that I've heard of if it is a common problem? SignatureMalc "When I say 'Run like ufck and commit assault on a police officer several times,' run like ufck and commit assault on a police officer several times." - Channon Transmetropolitan <snip> > So my 96 model with 155000 miles on the clock is about twice past the > failure point? How come this is the first instance of this that I've heard > of if it is a common problem? Dealer serviced ? > <snip> >> > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Dealer serviced ? No not for years. No rust either, one thing I thought Citroen had got right. SignatureMalc "When I say 'Run like ufck and commit assault on a police officer several times,' run like ufck and commit assault on a police officer several times." - Channon Transmetropolitan >> If yours are original and your car has around 100.000 replace them now. >> >So my 96 model with 155000 miles on the clock is about twice past the >failure point? How come this is the first instance of this that I've heard >of if it is a common problem? Maybe your roads are not as bas as ours (I live in south america) But I am a member of the local Citroen Clubs and we've all been warned to replace the upper mountings and have personally witnessed 2 failures in the last two years... If you look closely you can see the only this holding the struts is rubber, and that it flexes quite a bit raising and lowering the car... SignatureEduardo K. | Darwin pone las reglas. http://www.carfun.cl | Murphy, la oportunidad. http://e.nn.cl | | Yo. > So my 96 model with 155000 miles on the clock is about twice past the > failure point? How come this is the first instance of this that I've > heard of if it is a common problem? Because it's a condition, not a mileage thing. Here in the UK, it's the steel plate that rots out. In South America, as the PP says he is, it's more likely to be fatigue due to poor roads. > hi as anyone had a prob with a front susp strut failing on a xantia > 1.9 d m reg. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > wrecked, no fluid was lost so most of the car stayed up, enabling it > to been dragged up a low loader and home. VERY common on XMs, and they're a very similar design to Xants. The problem is that the rubber of the strut top - which acts as a bush absorbing suspension movement - is bonded to steel - which rusts.
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