RCZ JACKING POINTS FAILURE

[Anonymous]

Hello Everyone who has had this problem,
I have had 2 new front tyres fitted and my jacking point (nearside) collapsed and folded over the sill outer skirt and split the sill open.
The garage that fitted tyres ,paid up and it was fixed by a Peugeot approved repair shop.(cost him £676)
Since this happened in October 2015 car has been back to Peugeot Basingstoke for repair to a broken oil dipstick.
Piece had broken off and was laying in sump.
No problem, no cost,and all done under warranty,Sump off ,new oil etc.
Friday 5/2/2016 wheel weight comes off so I go to local wheel balancing station,
'Please be careful with jack points I tell the fitter' tell him the story,so he just puts his hand under and checks before putting the jack under.
To my horror the jacking point is bent over again with the sill all split open.
The car hasn't been lifted by me, since the last repair so I can only assume it was done when it went into Peugeot for the Dipstick repair in December.
How do I go about getting either Peugeot Uk to pay for faulty jacking points,maybe the cost could be paid by Peugeot Basingstoke for not being careful with my car when they lifted it or maybe the previous repair was not done to a very good standard so I could put a claim into to them.???
I am going Basingstoke Peugeot first .
Any thoughts or maybe same experiences you may have had would be much appreciated
Thanks

 

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[Rich]

I'm well aware this is an old and ongoing issue but I'm amazed that there isn't a solution to what is a very poor design / build on the front jacking points.
I've tried using the round rubber mounts with the groove in the middle that can be purchased online that sit on top of a trolly jack but even they are a bit hit and miss, consequently every time the jacking point collapses it weakens the metal.

 

[Rich]

Just to update. Early last year I made the decision to cut the front two jacking points down by a half. Yes it means future lifting of the car will bend the sill skirting upwards but if your jacking points have already collapsed the chances are they're bent already. The result is, because there's less metal to bend I've found that both jacking points have maintained their position after visiting either the garage for a service / MoTs or the tyresmiths.

 

[Pedro]

Best option is have them strengthened with welded brackets like I did

 

[Gina0151]

Best option is have them strengthened with welded brackets like I did

Both mine at front have been broken badly damaged are cracking and eroding. How much does it cost approximately to get them repaired and strengthened with welded brackets? I’m in UK. Is it something I can ask a mechanic to do?

 

[Pedro]

Cost me £120 about 3yrs ago at Hawkes & Wright on the Clayhill Inds estate

 

[stig rotax]

I have a solution for driveway mechanics. You need the following:
A piece of sawn off old 1.5“ plank, 42x15 cm
A rubber mat for under washing machines
4 wood screws and some epoxy glue.

I chiselled out a groove at one end of the wood so it would fit over the jacking point and left enough play to move the angle of the plank. Don‘t go too deep as the jacking point or projection has to be used as part of the support.
Use a sharp knife to cut out a piece of the rubber mat which fits onto the plank where the flooring is. Fix the mat to the wood using glue and the screws making sure the screws are deeper than the surface of the mat ( you don‘t want to put the screw through the floor!)
That is it. I used this on both sides. The advantage is that the weight of the lift is supported in more than one place, the jacking point, the floor and inside frame/chassis. Total cost was €13 for the mat, plus your own time.

A lot cheaper than welding.

Now I have to find that latch mechanism for the bonnet.

Greetings
Stig

 

[Pedro]

Good idea Stig but if you have the car up too long it will leave indents in the chassis

 

[stig rotax]

This is just for lifting the car to put it on stands or changing a wheel or doing work around the brakes. You‘re right, not a long term support. Critical is to check the homemade support while lifting the car. The wood seems to be fine after I had done a half dozen lifts yesterday so I shall use it now. Crucial is to have a lower type car jack to get it all under the car in the first place.
As the support is holding the car in 5 different places, I don‘t think it would press into anything but I shall keep an eye on it. Meanwhile, the bonnet latch has been mended again ..that‘s another story.

 

[JvdBosch]

Excellent solution. I will make something similar. I do propose one change: lifting the car just a little bit inwards from the original location and not halfway the wood. That way most of the weight is on the jacking point, but there’s enough on the rubber to prevent movement and thus preventing bending.