Rear Suspension Kia Sportage 2001

[corra kid]

Hello anybody no anything about the rear suspension on kia
sportage 2001, just had the car jacked up changeing a rear wheel
and found a yellow plastic type ball thing in the middle of the
rear coil spring, looks as though it as come away from inside
the top spring mounting, anybody no how they are fitted to the
top mounting, and is it a diy job, or a dealer job,it looks as though
it,s to stop the spring bottoming out.

[Axe Man]

It's the rear suspension bump stops. They all break off. In fact, broken rear springs are common too.

Allowing the rear shocks to wear out is the biggest cause of this. Installing new aftermarket shocks with larger bores help to prevent the rear suspension from bottoming out.

Most guys, including yours truly, don't bother to install new bump stops as long as heavier shocks are installed and in good working order.

[corra kid]

Thanks for the information AXEMAN after think about fitting
some heavy duty shock absorbers as i tow a caravan.