This Ford Fiesta Hit A Pothole So Hard It Ripped A Whole Axle Off

We all hit potholes, pretty much every time we drive anywhere these days, but this one was so bad it tore the rear axle off completely
This Ford Fiesta Hit A Pothole So Hard It Ripped A Whole Axle Off

You haven’t hit a proper pothole until it rips an axle out and writes the whole car off.

That’s exactly what happened to Daisy Boxall’s fifth-generation Ford Fiesta when it fatally dropped a wheel into a deep hole in the English seaside town of Bognor.

This Ford Fiesta Hit A Pothole So Hard It Ripped A Whole Axle Off

Daisy and a friend were in the car when it hit the Felpham Way pothole last week. Evidently the stress was too much for the rear axle to take; the force of the impact ripped it away from its mountings like an unwanted gherkin from the top of a burger. She said:

“I was going into town to visit friends. On approach to the bend I slowed, went down the pothole, and then all of a sudden it was like the wind took the car and we were spinning in the road, scraping along.

“It came to a stop, and me and my friend Leah got out and saw the damage that had been done to the car.

“I just thought ‘It’s going to be pricey’ and then realised that no, it’s a total write-off. It was quite shocking – going from just driving along the road to being on the other side of the road with no back wheels.”

This Ford Fiesta Hit A Pothole So Hard It Ripped A Whole Axle Off

We can imagine.

Although the pictures don’t really show how deep and dangerous the hole was (before West Sussex County Council repaired it about 90 minutes afterwards), it must have been a really bad one to cause that much damage. Either that or the Fiesta was even rustier than Phil the MX-5..

Can you beat this story? Have you ever broken a car on a pothole? Let us know in the comments!

Source: Spirit FM, Chichester Observer

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Comments

Miru

This is considered deep? We have much deeper ones…

05/16/2018 - 14:41 |
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b0mbsh0ck

What an epic 4wd conversion

05/16/2018 - 14:43 |
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Anonymous

Is this even considered deep? If so, then the Philippines has millions of sinkholes then…

05/16/2018 - 14:46 |
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Jun Kaile Yamauchi

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Does that means that jeepneys here are better built than that Fiesta? 😂

05/16/2018 - 14:59 |
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Kyle Ashdown

That’s what a pothole in my area looks like after it’s been filled 😂

05/16/2018 - 14:49 |
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BenPaye(JDMSquad)(MX5Squad)(LFAsquad)(Subie Squad) (Rotary F

In reply to by Kyle Ashdown

Same here!

05/16/2018 - 14:52 |
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Yep, exactly

05/16/2018 - 14:53 |
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Tru doh

05/16/2018 - 22:55 |
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Visit India in rainy season.

05/17/2018 - 07:20 |
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Not an actual pothole, but still. I took this a week ago.

05/17/2018 - 19:41 |
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Ali Mahfooz

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05/16/2018 - 14:51 |
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Ali Mahfooz

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05/16/2018 - 14:53 |
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Ali Mahfooz

That’s not so bad. I mean you could chop off the rear half and go on your merry way. 😛

05/16/2018 - 14:56 |
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Anonymous

Car Axel to pothole: “this btch empty”
“YEET”
proceeds to explode from the rear of the car

05/16/2018 - 14:59 |
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Anonymous

Final Boss Level: FAILED

05/16/2018 - 15:06 |
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Anonymous

As a highways engineer I’m calling bs on the fact that a 40-50mm tops pothole on what appears to be a concrete based road ripped off a back axle, a cracked alloy maybe but not the whole ass of the car! Think the girl must have been doing something mind numbingly stupid and blamed the first road defect she saw.

05/16/2018 - 15:08 |
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5:19.55

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Or the fiesta was in a really bad state + hypothetic high speed

05/16/2018 - 16:42 |
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