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Suspension is the term given to the system of springs, shock absorbers and linkages that connects a vehicle to its wheels. Suspension systems serve a dual purpose contributing to the vehicles handling and breaking for good active safety and driving pleasure and keeping occupants comfortable and reasonably well isolated from road noise and vibrations. The leaf spring suspension also protects vehicle itself and any cargo or luggage from damage and wear. In this project a leaf spring system is designed in Catia V5 tool and then finite element analysis is used to estimate the load that acts on the suspension and stresses and deflections in the suspension under the load is analyzed. These values vary as the boundary conditions of the tests are changed and are compared to a predetermined value from a reliable source. In analysis, the model is carried out in Ansys tool to determine the natural frequencies and corresponding node shapes. And load analysis is also performed to estimate the frequency response to see the stability of the suspension. A static analysis is also carried out to estimate the deflection and stresses due to working conditions, the design safety is ensured based on strength and rigidity.