Shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush on the Fiat Doblo
Shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush on the Fiat Doblo is recorded on 4,838 tests — 2.9% of all its MOT tests, against 0.5% across every car in the data. That is 5.8× 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 5.8× that share |
| The 185 models compared | 18 of 185, highest first |
| The model's own record | 164,525 tests · every year of the Doblo → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Fiat Doblo 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 2003, 1.3% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2017, 0.3%. The share has fallen 1.0 points over that time. Worst year 2005 at 4.4%; best 2017 at 0.3%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 42 | 3,250 | 1.3% |
| 2004 | 214 | 8,769 | 2.4% |
| 2005 | 349 | 7,922 | 4.4% |
| 2006 | 479 | 16,881 | 2.8% |
| 2007 | 691 | 23,028 | 3.0% |
| 2008 | 550 | 21,915 | 2.5% |
| 2009 | 448 | 17,268 | 2.6% |
| 2010 | 313 | 11,786 | 2.7% |
| 2011 | 232 | 18,801 | 1.2% |
| 2012 | 170 | 13,986 | 1.2% |
| 2013 | 589 | 71,874 | 0.8% |
| 2014 | 452 | 44,868 | 1.0% |
| 2015 | 112 | 36,250 | 0.3% |
| 2016 | 70 | 25,802 | 0.3% |
| 2017 | 49 | 18,664 | 0.3% |
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 Doblo MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Fiat model →