Shock absorber has no damping on the Ford Mondeo

Shock absorber has no damping on the Ford Mondeo is recorded on 5,897 tests — 0.8% of all its MOT tests, against 0.4% across every car in the data. That is 2.0× the national share.

Is this unusual for this model?

Compared with	What it says
Every car in the data	0.4% of tests record it — this model is 2.0× that share
The 221 models compared	34 of 221, highest first
The model's own record	711,192 tests · every year of the Mondeo →

A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Ford Mondeo 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 2000, 0.4% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2013, 0.2%. The share has barely moved over that time. Worst year 2006 at 0.8%; best 2013 at 0.2%.

Year	Failures recorded	Tests	Share of tests
2000	19	5,270	0.4%
2001	47	11,686	0.4%
2002	77	13,610	0.6%
2003	125	17,818	0.7%
2004	204	29,978	0.7%
2005	318	46,656	0.7%
2006	429	55,108	0.8%
2007	654	87,736	0.8%
2008	873	168,618	0.5%
2009	810	118,280	0.7%
2010	686	120,136	0.6%
2011	331	149,772	0.2%
2012	356	118,954	0.3%
2013	193	95,208	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 absorber has no damping: every model, every year → — the item's own page, with the part guide.
Ford Mondeo MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
Every Ford model →