My right front coil spring broke yesterday , exactly one year to the day since the front left broke . I as well have never had this happen to any of my previous vehicles. We have 114k on it . They have to order the part , going to take a few days .... this one is a more costly as they also seen that the tire rod ends are loose. Up until now , it has been the best vehicle we have ever owned , but dissapointed in these coil springs .... I thought I would join the forum to see what others are saying about it. Thanks !!

 

That should NOT happen.

 

You live in the rust belt?

 

He lives in Canada, what do you think? lol.

 

 

I am " she" and yes living on the Atlantic coast of Canada . Actually the car came with a " car rust ionizer " , and for the year ...we have no rust on the body whatsoever.... but as for the other parts such as the coil spring ect , yes exposed to alot of salt from the roads in the winter , therefore moe rust than Texas or N.C. ...but have had 7 vehicles through the years before this one and never had this happen ...just wondering if there is some kind of defect or something . Not everyone who has a problem , takes the time to write in Forums , ect .....or I bet we'd be surprised. By for now , Karen

 

You are correct. I doubt it happens much and it should not happen. I was just curious if maybe rust had something to do with it. I've seen leaf springs snap due to rust but never a coil spring.

 

As mentioned before , our Outlander is the best vehicle we have owned so far .... as far as the body and cabin integrity , it basically drives like the day we got it ..... can't say that for every car. It is a 2007 and we bought it in 2010 . We are planning on keeping it for a couple more years , nice not having car payments. It handles really well up here in our Canadian winters with the 4 wheel drive and ' lock" if needed . We got blasted with a storm a few days ago with a foot and a half of snow , with the drifting from high winds , ended up with 4 feet snow banks . Another one coming tomorrow ...hoping this is the last of it . Back to the coil spring ....We are without our car until the part comes in and is fixed. They didn't have any in stock . I wonder if that is because so many breaking , or something that is so rare they don't stock them . And let me tell you hen that coil spring breaks , you cannot drive far or you have a risk of doing further damage , even to your tires . Last year it happened leaving my driveway ...dealer up the street . This time also close to home . Can't imagine if a person was on vacation far from home . Hopefully that will be the end of this kind of trouble . Sorry for being so long winded ....have a nice day !! Karen

 

Funny this look like mostly a 2007 problem in NA or UK.
The new spring will no be from the original batch.

This is rare so maybe that's why you have to wait.

 

Mitsubishi just extends the coil spring warranty. You can claim for the broken spring. Mine were broken but the springs were not rusted. I think it's the material problem.Good luck.