Shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush on the Fiat Punto
Shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush on the Fiat Punto is recorded on 3,002 tests — 1.3% of all its MOT tests, against 0.5% across every car in the data. That is 2.6× 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 2.6× that share |
| The 185 models compared | 33 of 185, 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 2001, 1.1% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2013, 0.2%. The share has fallen 0.8 points over that time. Worst year 2004 at 3.3%; best 2011 at 0.2%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 27 | 2,568 | 1.1% |
| 2002 | 95 | 5,990 | 1.6% |
| 2003 | 310 | 9,952 | 3.1% |
| 2004 | 860 | 26,370 | 3.3% |
| 2005 | 336 | 19,602 | 1.7% |
| 2006 | 342 | 48,820 | 0.7% |
| 2007 | 252 | 72,212 | 0.3% |
| 2008 | 181 | 67,437 | 0.3% |
| 2009 | 53 | 14,656 | 0.4% |
| 2010 | 107 | 38,084 | 0.3% |
| 2011 | 102 | 50,274 | 0.2% |
| 2012 | 162 | 45,230 | 0.4% |
| 2013 | 84 | 34,466 | 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 Punto MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Fiat model →