Shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush on the Ford Ranger
Shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush on the Ford Ranger is recorded on 5,041 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 | 34 of 185, highest first |
| The model's own record | 394,866 tests · every year of the Ranger → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Ford Ranger 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, 1.6% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2017, 0.3%. The share has fallen 1.2 points over that time. Worst year 2002 at 3.4%; best 2017 at 0.3%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 55 | 3,478 | 1.6% |
| 2001 | 138 | 4,250 | 3.3% |
| 2002 | 192 | 5,658 | 3.4% |
| 2003 | 267 | 11,895 | 2.2% |
| 2004 | 372 | 20,592 | 1.8% |
| 2005 | 403 | 23,133 | 1.7% |
| 2006 | 435 | 28,326 | 1.5% |
| 2007 | 487 | 33,057 | 1.5% |
| 2008 | 337 | 16,046 | 2.1% |
| 2009 | 319 | 17,902 | 1.8% |
| 2010 | 189 | 16,815 | 1.1% |
| 2011 | 251 | 17,781 | 1.4% |
| 2012 | 103 | 14,474 | 0.7% |
| 2013 | 116 | 21,772 | 0.5% |
| 2014 | 151 | 29,866 | 0.5% |
| 2015 | 231 | 45,854 | 0.5% |
| 2016 | 391 | 111,342 | 0.3% |
| 2017 | 246 | 75,578 | 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 £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.
- Ford Ranger MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Ford model →