West of Scotland RSOC

As above
I had a tyre blow out on my van as i was coming home from work today.

Going along the M74 between Hamilton & Larkhall in outside lane and a lorry chucked something up in front of me.
Pulled over to discover the spare wheel would not release from the winch underneath - So had to call the AA.
After The guy trying to release it for half an hour or so (unsuccessfully) i got my brother to bring the spare of my dads van -
But unfortunately it did not fit.
AA guy said it would need to be lifted & he would organise the bigger lorry - Didnt want that so 10mins with my Hammer - Old Chisel & bolt cutters i set about it & released the bas##rd (Winch is now in a million bits).

2hrs in the pi##ing rain standing on the hard shoulder before u get home is not a great experience.
Verve replaced this winch less than a year ago under warranty as the original ones were crap.
Dont know if my wheel is damaged but the tyre is wrecked.

Any one else had a problem with the winch system on there cars or vans ?

av had 7 tyres in less than 3 month at work ....got puncure yesterday first time in a sprinter ......spare wheel bit seemed ok in that.....had a transit box van before that and that was a pain in the ars.....uve got to feed a tube into chassy and turn it to lower wheel down,,,,fookin thing didny enven fit right (typical ford)

No sympathy hear teach you for buying French crap X2

Exact same experience with the Transit Chris.
That's why my spare lives in the back now

i spent ages tryin to wind one down on a f150 truck to discover there was a locking nut that went on it you had fish down a long tube under the back lol

As Stu says, i found out the hard way too how to release that transit spare too!!!
Stupid set up, it was dry that day though.

New tyre fitted today £110 lighter in the pocket now.