Jack failure reminder...

[Ian Simmonds]

Kept this old Jack in the Garage for years... Being a bit lazy today, I grabbed it to jack the S2 up rather than the trolley jack, it got the S2 airborne, then failed...



Fortunately i saw it going and the Wheel was still on, I didn't have the axle stand under it at the time, so it harmlessly dropped back onto the wheel...

Just a bit of a reminder they do fail though...

[Audicted]

The Audi Widow maker. You were lucky. I keep a hydraulic jack in my car for roadside usage.

[Greg_S]

Ive heard of them going but never seen it. I usually slide a wheel under the car even if have axle stand just in case too

[Dan]

Ugh, I hate those things.

[newsh]

I've got one exactly like that, used it recently to change a set of wheels over too..

[Wheeljack]

[Le S2 Audi]

The one in my RS6 failed too....

£60K car and they can't supply a fit for purpose jack...

No wonder I'll never buy a another new Audi...

[djh]

yup very dangerous those jacks, only time i like using one is on extremely lowered cars to lift it slightly to put a proper jack under. They are rubbish

[andy10v]

The one in my RS6 failed too....

£60K car and they can't supply a fit for purpose jack...

No wonder I'll never buy a another new Audi...

There goes the idea of "upgrading" to a newer one then.

I used to keep a mini trolley jack in my 90s, boot was perfect for it.

[K Simmonds]

The newer ones are just as rubbish, pretty much all standard VAG jacks are. Around 1989/9? they supplied some models with a duel scissor design (Corrado for example) as opposed to single which is a little better. The pic Ian posted is reminder just how dangerous these jacks are when used more than a couple of times.