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[Crazycarzowner]

Total shot in the dark - is it a Ford???

[Brikhead]

The car is a Pug 207 with 20,000 miles on the clock.

I don't know if the spring is meant to be that shape but I do know
that the Peugeot dealer is now replacing them under warranty.

[aaronjb]

Never seen a spring that shape before but a quick google on "side load springs" throws up a video that demonstrates them in use (under simulation) - it looks like the idea is their shape keeps the compression force of the swing arm vertical through the plane of the bottom spring coil as the coil is compressed, rather than acting at an angle to the plane of the coil depending on suspension load.

Though I have no idea what benefits that brings, really!

[2woody]

seen those before - it's curved by design, nothing to worry about.