Crazy Tire Damage! With Pic!

[defaultName]

My Dad's car was pulling a little towards the passenger side, so he took it to his mechanic to have a look. Car is a 2006 Mercedes C320

They found this...



This was after 2 days of driving.

[Dj Buttchug]

WtF how?

[lolcantturn]

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[loganwept]

broken spring perch??

[cmcgrogan]

looks like the spring came off of the strut. yikes! did he have any problem handling the car?

[RondoAcapriccio]

looks pretty cool.. I wonder how much longer if it could have caused the tire to blow out.

[Quadrajet]

Looks like the tab that retains the spring on the strut tube bent and let the spring out. That's the first time I've seen that.

[N2MYE30]

2006 too! Wow!

[Nick_S]

Haha damn. Seems like he would have noticed some other handling issues.

[defaultName]

From what he told me, the spring broke and was resting on (or jammed into) the tire. It's getting fixed tomorrow so I'll find out more then.

The car drove fine aside from slightly pulling to one side... Nothing scary or dramatic.

These cars seem to have weak springs because he had one of the rears break recently too. The car has ~90,000 kms (~60,000 miles).

[CHIF8008]

nuts. glad you are all safe

[ak-]

Couldn't smell the burning rubber?
That's nuts lol

[navid41691]

2006 Merceded Benz Tire Lathe

[slammin.e28]

E46 rear springs do the same thing. Also, OP, Canada? I'd think that would have to play some part in the spring breakage.

That's nuts though.

[steve68]

Benz's have strut problems,