Suspension component corroded on the Ford Mondeo

Suspension component corroded on the Ford Mondeo is recorded on 5,070 tests — 0.7% of all its MOT tests, against 0.3% 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	0.3% of tests record it — this model is 2.3× that share
The 211 models compared	52 of 211, 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, 0.9% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2014, 0.4%. The share has fallen 0.5 points over that time. Worst year 2003 at 1.0%; best 2013 at 0.3%.

Year	Failures recorded	Tests	Share of tests
2000	24	2,635	0.9%
2001	58	11,686	0.5%
2002	47	6,805	0.7%
2003	89	8,909	1.0%
2004	101	29,978	0.3%
2005	131	46,656	0.3%
2006	224	55,108	0.4%
2007	585	87,736	0.7%
2008	829	112,412	0.7%
2009	816	118,280	0.7%
2010	754	120,136	0.6%
2011	502	99,848	0.5%
2012	425	118,954	0.4%
2013	254	95,208	0.3%
2014	154	42,851	0.4%

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 £180–£450 fitted. It is a job for a garage, not a driveway. 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

Suspension component corroded: 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 →