We heard the car alarm go off Sunday night March 25th, 2018 and thought nothing of it. When my wife went to go to work Monday morning, the car was making horrible noises from the back. We found part of a rear spring coil underneath the car! I'm assuming that when we heard the alarm go off it was when the spring had broken the evening before -yes, just sitting there!
This can be a very bad situation since the springs on this car are not held captive to the vehicle itself. What this means is that if you hit a large bump and extend the suspension with a broken spring, the spring can dislodge and blow your tire out potentially causing a crash or at least more damage to the vehicle.
We brought the car in to a repair shop that quoted us $375 to replace both rear springs. We had that work done but while they were working on the car they also found the driver side FRONT spring was broken! Now, we will need to have both front springs replaced to the tune of $650.00! Our 6k car has now become a 7k car in the matter of about 7 months!
If you search online for "MKV broken springs" or "MK5 broken springs" you will find quite a lot of results. The "MKV" or "5" is the generation or style that the 2010 Jetta is referred to. I cannot believe that at only 100k miles 2 coil springs have broken on this vehicle. We bought the Jetta to replace a rusted apart 1999 Jeep Cherokee and with about 200k miles on that vehicle we never had a spring break! Granted it has leaf springs in the rear but it does have coils in the front. Furthermore, in my 25+ years of driving and multiple vehicle ownership I have NEVER had a coil spring break. If the car were closer to 200k I would definitely be more understanding but at only about 100k miles springs breaking? Unbelievable.
A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
We heard the car alarm go off Sunday night March 25th, 2018 and thought nothing of it. When my wife went to go to work Monday morning, the car was making horrible noises from the back. We found part of a rear spring coil underneath the car! I'm assuming that when we heard the alarm go off it was when the spring had broken the evening before -yes, just sitting there!
This can be a very bad situation since the springs on this car are not held captive to the vehicle itself. What this means is that if you hit a large bump and extend the suspension with a broken spring, the spring can dislodge and blow your tire out potentially causing a crash or at least more damage to the vehicle.
We brought the car in to a repair shop that quoted us $375 to replace both rear springs. We had that work done but while they were working on the car they also found the driver side FRONT spring was broken! Now, we will need to have both front springs replaced to the tune of $650.00! Our 6k car has now become a 7k car in the matter of about 7 months!
If you search online for "MKV broken springs" or "MK5 broken springs" you will find quite a lot of results. The "MKV" or "5" is the generation or style that the 2010 Jetta is referred to. I cannot believe that at only 100k miles 2 coil springs have broken on this vehicle. We bought the Jetta to replace a rusted apart 1999 Jeep Cherokee and with about 200k miles on that vehicle we never had a spring break! Granted it has leaf springs in the rear but it does have coils in the front. Furthermore, in my 25+ years of driving and multiple vehicle ownership I have NEVER had a coil spring break. If the car were closer to 200k I would definitely be more understanding but at only about 100k miles springs breaking? Unbelievable.
- Paul C., Homer City, PA, US