I've just been out in the car after its been sat for 14 hours and the ride felt really hard on the back nearside corner, I went to pick my brother up about 3 miles away and on the way back it was less noticeable. I can't see anything wrong with the wheel or the tyre so I was thinking could it just be the cold? the other nearside wheel was next to a bush whilst parked so it could make sense for it to be just the one wheel. Any thoughts on this?
If it is the cold, is there a way to do something about it for future reference?

The only thing I can think of is if you have oil filled shocks on and the oil has gone a bit thick with the cold, or maybe a bush has gone hard with cold. It would have to be damned cold though.

It was minus 5 and I've got a Fiat Panda on an '09. It deffinitalty felt like it was just that one corner.

Is it possible that moisture has leaked into the strut and frozen? That would clog up the works!

Not something stupid like the wheel arch being full of ice (re-frozen slush). That would be like a big bump stop after an inch or so's worth of travel.
Seen a couple of cars like that up here.

I read the topic heading and thought to myself that there are some tough guys out there in their sevens today complaining about hard ride in the snow.



[Edited on 21/12/09 by jimgiblett]

I didn't have the same problem today so it was probably nothing. It definitly wasn't large amounts of snow or ice in the well and I removed all that I could before setting off (Its amazing how many people think its safe to drive with huge amounts of snow on their cars).