I have just experienced a rear coil spring failure on my VW Tiguan, fortunately it fell off in the garage. I have examined the spring and it looks like brittle failure due to breakdown of the ...

Today a lot of street-legal vehicles and off-road rigs run modern coil spring suspensions. Coil springs in their various formats have a number of advantages over traditional leaf springs and torsion ...

Automotive suspension systems are critical to vehicle performance and safety, with fatigue life analysis playing a pivotal role in ensuring long-term reliability of components such as coil springs, ...

This morning I came to take my wife's 2005 Fiesta auto out of the garage and heard a horrible scraping noise. I called Green Flag and the mechanic diagnosed a fractured front offside coil spring. The ...

When designing helical or compression springs, you’ll confront several challenges and trade-offs, especially when it comes to getting the best possible performance from the wire. You will want to use ...

I purchased a new Audi A6 Avant (2.0-litre, petrol, Multitronic) in September 2004. I have been pleased with it, except for two ignition coil failures. The first occurred after 26,000 miles (just ...

Leaf springs are treated like archaic tech, as they aren’t found under any of the latest industry-leading performance cars, and are often used as a point of reference that shows how “dated” a ...

I noticed a question regarding two ignition coil failures in a 15-month period on a 2006 VE Commodore that had done 93,000 km. I have had two fail in two weeks on my 2005 VZ Crewman with 184,000 km.

Ignition coils sit at the center of every gasoline engine’s spark, yet they usually stay invisible until something goes wrong. When a coil starts to fail, the symptoms can look like fuel problems, ...