slender7087
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This afternoon, after 2-3days parked without use, the front offside suspension on my C250TD collapsed. No one was near the car at the time , and I became aware of the problem because the alarm was triggered. I am awaiting some assistance and can see the front coil spring on the ground under the car. The car is serviced annually and I have owned it virtually from new. I bought it as a demonstrator with 10k miles on the clock. It is now 8years old with 100k miles on the clock, mostly motorway driving. Is this a common fault with these cars? I have not seen the drawings of the front suspension assembly, but I am astonished that such a failure could occur in such a manner. There seems to be no redundancy in the system. Does anyone have experience of this type of failure.? It was serviced a few days ago and given an MOT a few days before that.