I HAD HOPPED INTO MY CAR TODAY, STARTED IT, PUT IT IN REVERSE AND HAD MOVED ABOUT TWO FEET BEFORE I HEARD AN EXTREMELY LOUD *CLUNK* THAT CAME FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. I IMMEDIATELY STOPPED MY CAR, PUT THE E-BRAKE ON, TURNED IT OFF AND GOT OUT TO SEE WHAT HAD HAPPENED. AT FIRST I DIDN'T SEE ANY DAMAGE, THEN I LOOKED UNDER MY CAR AND SAW A CYLINDRICAL CURVED PIECE OF METAL. I PICKED IT UP AND NOT KNOWING WHAT IT WAS OR WHERE IT CAME FROM I DIDN'T WANT TO MOVE MY CAR AGAIN UNTIL I HAD SOME ANSWERS. MY FRIEND AND I WALKED TO THE NEAREST GARAGE AND SHOWED THE PIECE TO A MECHANIC AND HE QUICKLY DIAGNOSED THE ISSUE: MY PASSENGER SIDE SUSPENSION COIL HAD SNAPPED OFF AT THE BASE (ABOUT 6 OR 6.5 INCHES HAD BROKEN FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE COIL.) THE BREAK IS VERY, VERY CLEAN--ALMOST LIKE GLASS. THERE WAS NO SIGN OF RUST OR ANY OTHER SORT OF DAMAGE TO THE COIL, AND AFTER READING THE MANY COMPLAINTS ON THIS WEBSITE THAT ARE IDENTICAL TO MINE I AM THINKING THAT THIS INCIDENT TODAY WAS ONLY CAUSED BY A FACTORY MALFUNCTION! I DO NOT DRIVE OVER BUMPS OR HOLES LIKE A MANIAC, I DRIVE OVER THEM SENSIBLY JUST AS I'D THINK MANY OTHER PEOPLE WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM DO ALSO. I AM A VERY POOR SINGLE MOTHER & COLLEGE STUDENT AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS! SCARY TO THINK ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED HAD I BEEN DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. *TR
