Mister Tee

It's mainly the same garage Gareth, but servicing and MOT don't always exactly match as it depends on mileage

46 minutes ago, cliffcoggin said:

I agree with Gareth that incipient corrosion should have been detected long before it became so bad that structural failure occurred. That is precisely what the MOT test is for, so somebody is concealing something. A substantial piece of steel like that can not go from being acceptably fit for purpose in May to a complete failure in just five months.

As for the cause, I have never known this sort of failure on any car of any age so I wonder about corrosion or mistreatment. I see you are nowhere near the sea but salt treatment of the roads for de-icing in winter is a possible source of corrosion, particularly if you do not occasionally wash the underside of the car.  Mechanical mistreatment might involve jacking the car wrongly or at the wrong point thus weakening the steel. Both possibilities seem remote, but I can not think of another explanation. I believe you can be confident that there is no inherent defect in the original Audi components, so the failure must involve the way it has been used or treated.

Thanks Clifford....Jacking the car has never been an issue and the car has been maintained, serviced and generally looked after in the way that all of our cars have been. At 11 years it's probably the longest we have owned one but I agree it's the MOT issue that is most concerning

Thanks Gareth....I will follow up as advised

Hi Gareth

Thanks for the response...answers to your questions:

• MOT was in May ( I also share your concern)
• Owned it since new
• Serviced on an annual basis
• Both sides renewed when this happened

I do appreciate it's almost an unanswerable question and I guess i was just wondering if anyone had shared the same experience

Brodit.....great product

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Hi All, How long should rear suspension arms last before they get so corroded they break! Mine is 11 years old but the repairing garage and the AA recovery reckon they should never get like this in 11 years......thoughts please