Shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush on the Fiat 500C
Shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush on the Fiat 500C is recorded on 5,460 tests — 8.8% of all its MOT tests, against 0.5% across every car in the data. That is 17.6× 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 17.6× that share |
| The 185 models compared | 3 of 185, highest first |
| The model's own record | 61,965 tests · every year of the 500C → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Fiat 500C 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 2009, 4.1% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2018, 0.7%. The share has fallen 3.4 points over that time. Worst year 2012 at 4.2%; best 2018 at 0.7%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 261 | 6,332 | 4.1% |
| 2010 | 443 | 11,504 | 3.9% |
| 2011 | 467 | 15,117 | 3.1% |
| 2012 | 1,020 | 24,489 | 4.2% |
| 2013 | 575 | 21,909 | 2.6% |
| 2014 | 731 | 25,218 | 2.9% |
| 2015 | 880 | 28,017 | 3.1% |
| 2016 | 769 | 23,121 | 3.3% |
| 2017 | 276 | 15,762 | 1.8% |
| 2018 | 38 | 5,508 | 0.7% |
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 500C MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Fiat model →