Brake hose ferrule corroded on the Fiat Panda

Brake hose ferrule corroded on the Fiat Panda is recorded on 7,423 tests — 2.3% of all its MOT tests, against 1.0% across every car in the data. That is 2.3× the national share.

Is this unusual for this model?

Compared with	What it says
Every car in the data	1.0% of tests record it — this model is 2.3× that share
The 282 models compared	50 of 282, highest first
The model's own record	329,104 tests · every year of the Panda →

A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Fiat Panda 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 2004, 2.4% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2019, 0.2%. The share has fallen 2.2 points over that time. Worst year 2005 at 2.7%; best 2019 at 0.2%.

Year	Failures recorded	Tests	Share of tests
2004	484	20,110	2.4%
2005	627	23,562	2.7%
2006	730	30,802	2.4%
2007	595	39,674	1.5%
2008	679	37,070	1.8%
2009	1,029	76,700	1.3%
2010	816	68,304	1.2%
2011	330	41,506	0.8%
2012	549	47,712	1.1%
2013	583	55,438	1.1%
2014	490	57,694	0.8%
2015	274	56,574	0.5%
2016	125	33,784	0.4%
2017	60	11,994	0.5%
2019	17	8,231	0.2%

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 £25–£70 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

Brake hose ferrule corroded: every model, every year → — the item's own page, with the part guide.
Fiat Panda MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
Every Fiat model →