Shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush on the Fiat Panda
Shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush on the Fiat Panda is recorded on 23,616 tests — 7.2% of all its MOT tests, against 0.5% across every car in the data. That is 14.4× 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 14.4× that share |
| The 185 models compared | 9 of 185, 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, 1.0% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2020, 0.2%. The share has fallen 0.8 points over that time. Worst year 2016 at 3.2%; best 2020 at 0.2%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 204 | 20,110 | 1.0% |
| 2005 | 494 | 35,343 | 1.4% |
| 2006 | 1,099 | 46,203 | 2.4% |
| 2007 | 1,320 | 59,511 | 2.2% |
| 2008 | 1,203 | 55,605 | 2.2% |
| 2009 | 3,060 | 115,050 | 2.7% |
| 2010 | 2,723 | 102,456 | 2.7% |
| 2011 | 1,590 | 62,259 | 2.5% |
| 2012 | 2,062 | 71,568 | 2.9% |
| 2013 | 2,309 | 83,157 | 2.8% |
| 2014 | 2,117 | 86,541 | 2.5% |
| 2015 | 2,412 | 84,861 | 2.8% |
| 2016 | 1,626 | 50,676 | 3.2% |
| 2017 | 886 | 35,982 | 2.5% |
| 2018 | 327 | 17,718 | 1.9% |
| 2019 | 151 | 16,462 | 0.9% |
| 2020 | 21 | 8,992 | 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 £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 Panda MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Fiat model →