Brake hose ferrule corroded on the Fiat Punto

Brake hose ferrule corroded on the Fiat Punto is recorded on 6,522 tests — 2.9% of all its MOT tests, against 1.0% across every car in the data. That is 2.9× 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 2.9× that share
The 282 models compared	33 of 282, highest first
The model's own record	226,310 tests · every year of the Punto →

A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Fiat Punto 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 2002, 2.2% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2016, 0.3%. The share has fallen 1.9 points over that time. Worst year 2005 at 2.7%; best 2015 at 0.2%.

Year	Failures recorded	Tests	Share of tests
2002	132	5,990	2.2%
2003	194	9,952	1.9%
2004	446	17,580	2.5%
2005	356	13,068	2.7%
2006	1,192	48,820	2.4%
2007	1,624	72,212	2.3%
2008	767	44,958	1.7%
2009	169	14,656	1.1%
2010	447	38,084	1.2%
2011	365	33,516	1.1%
2012	351	45,230	0.8%
2013	229	34,466	0.7%
2014	144	28,630	0.5%
2015	42	18,396	0.2%
2016	20	6,154	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 £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 Punto MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
Every Fiat model →