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Rear axle of Chery SUV snaps off with wheels attached in JB
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psx_crab lemmy.zip psx_crab@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-01-11
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Link: https://www.asiaone.com/malaysia/chery-suv-rear-axle-snaps-off-aeon-tebrau-johor

So uhh...the rear fell off.
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psx_crab lemmy.zip psx_crab@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-01-11
#2 · Quote Reply

The last time it happened:
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jqubed lemmy.world jqubed@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-01-10
#3 · Quote Reply

Was Richard Dreyfus seen nearby?
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vaionko sopuli.xyz vaionko@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2023-10-15
#4 · Quote Reply
psx_crab wrote:
The last time it happened:

That rear axle looks like it's made of nothing.

My 80s hatchback uses the same design, but uses quite a bit thicker material. And I assume is a whole lot lighter too.
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alcoholicorn lemmy.ml alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2024-02-13
#5 · Quote Reply

Is it supposed to do that?
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Midnight Wolf lemmy.world wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-23
#6 · Quote Reply
alcoholicorn wrote:
Is it supposed to do that?

That's not very typical
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Midnight Wolf lemmy.world wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-23
#7 · Quote Reply

Free weight reduction 😎
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espentan lemmy.world espentan@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-02
#8 · Quote Reply

Some social media users, perhaps jokingly, floated the idea that it could be a "tyre ejector charge system".

Such claims suggest that the system is triggered when a vehicle ahead brakes suddenly and the car is unable to stop in time.

Lol.
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Senator Collins aussie.zone SenatorCollins@aussie.zone
Joined: 2025-02-20
#9 · Quote Reply
Midnight Wolf wrote:
That's not very typical

Well, there are a lot of these cars going along the roads all the time, and very seldom does anything like this happen. I just don’t want people thinking that Chery SUVs aren’t safe.
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artyom piefed.social artyom@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-06-08
#10 · (edited) Quote Reply
psx_crab wrote:
The last time it happened:

Not a great picture but it looks like the welds broke.

E: confirmed in the article

Findings indicated that in that instance, the broken axle was caused by the miscalibration of an automated welding machine at the factory, after a worn-out tip was replaced.

A total of 60 units of the model, produced in August 2023, were then recalled.
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xylol leminal.space xylol@leminal.space
Joined: 2025-05-20
#11 · Quote Reply

I thought it was a Chevy SUV and maybe it was a typo or something
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CmdrShepard49 sh.itjust.works CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-06-05
#12 · (edited) Quote Reply
artyom wrote:
Not a great picture but it looks like the welds broke. E: confirmed in the article Findings indicated that in that instance, the broken axle was caused by the miscalibration of an automated welding machine at the factory, after a worn-out tip was replaced. A total of 60 units of the model, produced in August 2023, were then recalled.

You can tell its the exact same issue again as the spot where the welds broke are both visible in the photo.
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Trigger2_2000 sh.itjust.works Trigger2_2000@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-08-04
#13 · Quote Reply

I hate it when that happens (again). /s
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fitjazz sh.itjust.works fitjazz@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-07-20
#14 · Quote Reply
xylol wrote:
I thought it was a Chevy SUV and maybe it was a typo or something

I did not even notice the “typo” and until I read your comment just thought that it said Chevy.
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ironhydroxide sh.itjust.works ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-11-27
#15 · Quote Reply

The definition of SUV has certainly changed since the early 00's
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SaveTheTuaHawk lemmy.ca SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-03-07
#16 · Quote Reply
vaionko wrote:
That rear axle looks like it's made of nothing. My 80s hatchback uses the same design, but uses quite a bit thicker material. And I assume is a whole lot lighter too.

Meanwhile, in America...
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SaveTheTuaHawk lemmy.ca SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-03-07
#17 · Quote Reply
artyom wrote:
Not a great picture but it looks like the welds broke. E: confirmed in the article Findings indicated that in that instance, the broken axle was caused by the miscalibration of an automated welding machine at the factory, after a worn-out tip was replaced. A total of 60 units of the model, produced in August 2023, were then recalled.

It's not a broken axle, it's a broken rear suspension sub assembly.
Broken axles are very common on older rusty vehicles.
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artyom piefed.social artyom@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-06-08
#18 · (edited) Quote Reply
SaveTheTuaHawk wrote:
It's not a broken axle, it's a broken rear suspension sub assembly. Broken axles are very common on older rusty vehicles.

I typically refer to "axle" as whatever goes between the wheels. This is a FWD vehicle so there's no drive axle to speak of.
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moncharleskey lemmy.zip moncharleskey@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2023-12-24
#19 · Quote Reply
SaveTheTuaHawk wrote:
Meanwhile, in America...

What's your point?
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SaveTheTuaHawk lemmy.ca SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-03-07
#20 · Quote Reply
moncharleskey wrote:
What's your point?

Shit happens.
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lemming741 lemmy.world lemming741@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-05
#21 · Quote Reply
CmdrShepard49 wrote:
You can tell its the exact same issue again as the spot where the welds broke are both visible in the photo.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twist-beam_rear_suspension
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LifeInMultipleChoice lemmy.world LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-17
#22 · Quote Reply
Senator Collins wrote:
Well, there are a lot of these cars going along the roads all the time, and very seldom does anything like this happen. I just don’t want people thinking that Chery SUVs aren’t safe.

Does it meet maritime standards?
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LifeInMultipleChoice lemmy.world LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-17
#23 · Quote Reply
ironhydroxide wrote:
The definition of SUV has certainly changed since the early 00's

Van station-wagon hatchback SUV!
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Captain Aggravated sh.itjust.works captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-20
#24 · Quote Reply
moncharleskey wrote:
What's your point?

That American cars don't fall apart on their own, if you want the back axle off you have to tear it off?
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Cort lemmy.world Cort@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-09-06
#25 · Quote Reply
LifeInMultipleChoice wrote:
Does it meet maritime standards?

Look we designed it to meet the standards.
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huquad lemmy.ml huquad@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-07-08
#26 · Quote Reply
alcoholicorn wrote:
Is it supposed to do that?

Sub optimal
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