GordonD

My wife's 2001 Acura MDX just had to have the front suspension redone at a cost of $1300 due to TWO broken front springs Eek!

This vehicle has never been in accident and never used offroad but Honda just says it is out of warranty and therefor it's my problem. The Dealership - Erin Mills Acura - also say there is nothing they can do although we bought it there for $50,000 and have had every service done there - they didn't even offer to cover part of the costs so i guess they have lost a customer.

I am going to go to Transport Canada and see if i can start the ball rolling on a recall in Canada and the USA. I will be posting on all the Acura forums i can find I see at least a couple of other people who have had this problem but i welcome input from anyone who has had spring failure on a Honda of any type.

I am going to go a metalurgy(sp?) lab and get the springs checked out for crystalization and if it is found I'm going to make their lives a misery - anyone know Ralph Nader's phone number.

This really pisses me of as SPRINGS DON"T JUST BREAK - even in an accident and it is a huge safety issue if something lets go.

KWKSLVR

honda guy

Broken springs or leaky struts?

01usjdmr

I have never had any hondas with broken springs, even out of our body shop cars. I guess you have these springs in hand? I can't believe Acura wouldn't have said anything about this I don't mean the dealer I mean acura customer service.

AcuraFanatic

We've been seeing a lot of them in our dealership with broken front springs too.

GordonD

ust got the car back last night with the parts and both springs are broken near the top with a clean diagonal break - almost like they were cut with a knife.

The shocks are not damaged as far as i can tell but we had them replace the whole strut.

GordonD

This interesting - can you tell me what Honda is saying to dealers?

01usjdmr

Did they happen to rust or anything?

AcuraFanatic

This is still a pretty new thing, most of them that I've been seeing are '01's with at least 80K-90K on them.

We'll have to see and wait what Honda's official response is.

GordonD

The springs are rust covered as you would expect from exposure to winter salt etc but they are clearly not rusted through - if that is the problem it is very clever rust which works in straight lines

01usjdmr

Rust will weaken your springs it don't matter if its "clever". Weakened metal in your springs will cause cracks and eventually breaking.