Suspension pin or bush excessively worn on the Audi A4
Suspension pin or bush excessively worn on the Audi A4 is recorded on 145,433 tests — 16.4% of all its MOT tests, against 8.0% across every car in the data. That is 2.1× the national share.
Is this unusual for this model?
| Compared with | What it says |
|---|---|
| Every car in the data | 8.0% of tests record it — this model is 2.1× that share |
| The 388 models compared | 31 of 388, highest first |
| The model's own record | 888,073 tests · every year of the A4 → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Audi A4 tested, whatever its mileage, service history and use. The like-for-like comparison on the model page is the fairer number.
Year by year
In 2000, 8.7% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2019, 0.4%. The share has fallen 8.3 points over that time. Worst year 2002 at 10.0%; best 2019 at 0.4%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 612 | 7,040 | 8.7% |
| 2001 | 807 | 10,374 | 7.8% |
| 2002 | 2,327 | 23,166 | 10.0% |
| 2003 | 4,135 | 43,296 | 9.6% |
| 2004 | 6,929 | 74,163 | 9.3% |
| 2005 | 7,006 | 85,059 | 8.2% |
| 2006 | 10,037 | 144,990 | 6.9% |
| 2007 | 11,665 | 167,634 | 7.0% |
| 2008 | 12,991 | 169,773 | 7.7% |
| 2009 | 10,720 | 141,063 | 7.6% |
| 2010 | 10,909 | 142,665 | 7.7% |
| 2011 | 11,623 | 148,812 | 7.8% |
| 2012 | 8,866 | 143,895 | 6.2% |
| 2013 | 9,326 | 170,739 | 5.5% |
| 2014 | 8,489 | 178,911 | 4.7% |
| 2015 | 7,673 | 171,882 | 4.5% |
| 2016 | 9,069 | 227,901 | 4.0% |
| 2017 | 7,813 | 216,912 | 3.6% |
| 2018 | 3,962 | 137,772 | 2.9% |
| 2019 | 363 | 85,444 | 0.4% |
Years with fewer than 0.2% of tests recording the item are left out: a year with two failures in 400 tests is noise, and this table is not here to make noise look like a trend.
What it costs
A typical UK repair for this item is £40–£150 fitted. It is a job for a garage, not a driveway. What the part is, and what to buy →
Prices are typical UK supply-and-fitting estimates, not quotes. What happens if it fails covers the retest rules.
Where this sits
- Suspension pin or bush excessively worn: every model, every year → — the item's own page, with the part guide.
- Audi A4 MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Audi model →