[s-cars] Ever heard of this?

[Theodore Chen]

i'd wonder if the antiroll bar had been properly attached to the
control arm.  in these cars, the antiroll bar also serves as the
tension rod to provide fore-aft location of the control arm.  if
the antiroll bar were not well connected to the control arm, that
would impose severe bending loads on the control arm.  where did the
control arm break, and in what direction was the break?

-teddy

--- Fred Munro <munrof at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> This is a new one on me, Dave. These control arms are pretty robust and are
> not prone to snapping from normal braking forces. It's suspicious that the
> dealer replaced both arms - I'd suspect improper installation or damage
> during installation as the cause of the failure. Have an independent
> mechanic check it out.
>
> Fred Munro
> '94 S4
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-admin at audifans.com
> [mailto:s-car-list-admin at audifans.com]On Behalf Of David Glasser
> Sent: May 2, 2003 6:39 PM
> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: [s-cars] Ever heard of this?
>
>
> Listers,
>
> Last Friday I'm driving to a job at about 4:30pm on the Henry Hudson Pkwy in
> NYC.  Stop and go traffic.  I'm moving about 25 mph in the right lane when a
> van cuts into my lane from the center lane (which was stopped at the time).
> I hit my brakes to slow down (no danger, plenty of time to stop) when I hear
> a clank and my car suddenly lurches uncontrollably to the left, scraping the
> right front of a blue escort along my two drivers side doors and then
> hitting the right front quarter panel of a limo in the left lane with my
> drivers side front quarter panel and scraping along the limo's passernger
> side doors.  Noboby hurt, thank god.  Turns out the passenger side lower
> control arm snapped causing the car to lurch to the left.  I've owned the
> car two months (just received the title in the mail today).  The lower
> control arms were supposedly replaced by the dealer I purchased it from.
>
> End result is the car is a total loss.  I don't know yet what the insurance
> co. will give me for it.  I have nowhere to keep the car to part it out or I
> would.
>
> Anyone ever heard of such a mechanical failure on these cars?  Kind of
> scary.  Thank god I wasn't driving 70mph with my pregnant wife or newborn
> son (12 days) in the car.  I'm fighting hard to feel good enough to purchase
> another Audi.  Just though I'd share.  Any BTDT's or advice most welcome.
>
> Dave Glasser
> 95 Black S6
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