I have a 1997 V70 AWD, with 70k miles on the clock. Yesterday, when going to reverse the car from the garage, I noticed that the rear suspension seemed "down". Looking under the car, I saw the bottom half of one of the rear shock absorbers protruding *through* the large alloy assembly that appears to hold the rear suspension together. The shock absorber is in one piece, does not seem to be leaking fluid, and does not show any obvious signs of damage. The main problem is that its bottom end is now not attached to anything! And from what I can see of the alloy assembly (which isn't much!) there doesn't seem to be any obvious damage (ie cracks or breaks) to that either.
Has anyone else experienced this problem? Is it a fault with the alloy assembly (can't think what its proper name might be!), or with the shock absorber?
Any suggestions as to what I do now to fix it? Can't move the car - I tried to push it out of the garage with the car in neutral and the handbrake off, but it won't budge an inch.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions
Bill