Shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush on the Fiat 500
Shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush on the Fiat 500 is recorded on 83,935 tests — 7.4% of all its MOT tests, against 0.5% across every car in the data. That is 14.8× the national share.
Is this unusual for this model?
| Compared with | What it says |
|---|---|
| Every car in the data | 0.5% of tests record it — this model is 14.8× that share |
| The 185 models compared | 6 of 185, highest first |
| The model's own record | 1,134,841 tests · every year of the 500 → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Fiat 500 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 2008, 1.6% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2021, 0.4%. The share has fallen 1.2 points over that time. Worst year 2016 at 3.4%; best 2020 at 0.2%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 2,062 | 129,033 | 1.6% |
| 2009 | 4,607 | 227,781 | 2.0% |
| 2010 | 6,283 | 234,798 | 2.7% |
| 2011 | 6,372 | 218,466 | 2.9% |
| 2012 | 10,225 | 308,538 | 3.3% |
| 2013 | 10,009 | 368,937 | 2.7% |
| 2014 | 13,187 | 436,539 | 3.0% |
| 2015 | 13,412 | 417,231 | 3.2% |
| 2016 | 11,572 | 343,122 | 3.4% |
| 2017 | 3,594 | 237,768 | 1.5% |
| 2018 | 1,683 | 239,094 | 0.7% |
| 2019 | 783 | 188,904 | 0.4% |
| 2020 | 107 | 44,844 | 0.2% |
| 2021 | 15 | 3,802 | 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 £30–£75 fitted. It is a job a careful owner can do at home. 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
- Shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush: every model, every year → — the item's own page, with the part guide.
- Fiat 500 MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Fiat model →