Hyundai H1 Springs

Not automatically. The H1 sold in South Africa as the original Starex, then the TQ iLoad, iMax and Grand Starex, and panel van, bus and people-mover bodies on the same TQ base take different rear-end, glass and trim parts, so tell us the body style, not just the model. Send us the generation code off your VIN plate and we will confirm it either way before anything is dispatched.

The VIN is the single most useful thing — a photo of the plate is fine. Failing that, the generation code and the engine code off the block. The H1 ran as the original Starex, then the TQ iLoad, iMax and Grand Starex, so the generation is what narrows the search.

A sudden clunk over potholes, the car sitting down on one corner, uneven tyre wear and sometimes a scrape on full bump. Turn the steering lock-to-lock and look into the arch — a broken spring is usually visible at the bottom coil, which makes this one of the few suspension faults you can confirm yourself in a minute.

Briefly, at low speed, to get home or to a workshop. Not beyond that — the broken coil can perforate a tyre and damage the strut, and the handling is already compromised. Book it in within a day or two rather than a week.

Potholes and unsealed shoulders load a spring in ways the road it was designed for never did, and a car that habitually carries weight in the boot settles faster on that axle. It is the single most common suspension failure we see on cars that live outside the metros.

Our SA supplier network stocks Hyundai coil-spring replacements and they are typically inexpensive parts. Labour is the bigger variable, since strut assembly removal takes about an hour a side. Request a free quote with your model and generation for an all-in figure.

On the same axle, yes. A fresh spring next to a settled one leaves the car sitting unevenly and handling worse than before you started. The labour is already committed once the corner is apart, so doing both is the cheaper decision as well as the correct one. If one corner sits low, compare ride height with a tape measure — anything more than 10mm difference warrants a swap.