Shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush on the Land Rover Defender
Shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush on the Land Rover Defender is recorded on 25,034 tests — 9.8% of all its MOT tests, against 0.5% across every car in the data. That is 19.6× 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 19.6× that share |
| The 185 models compared | Highest rate of any of them |
| The model's own record | 256,078 tests · every year of the Defender → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Land Rover Defender 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, 3.2% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2016, 2.4%. The share has fallen 0.8 points over that time. Worst year 2010 at 4.0%; best 2016 at 2.4%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,041 | 32,487 | 3.2% |
| 2001 | 1,066 | 33,861 | 3.1% |
| 2002 | 1,416 | 42,048 | 3.4% |
| 2003 | 1,654 | 48,252 | 3.4% |
| 2004 | 1,659 | 46,797 | 3.5% |
| 2005 | 1,559 | 45,558 | 3.4% |
| 2006 | 1,441 | 41,145 | 3.5% |
| 2007 | 1,477 | 42,909 | 3.4% |
| 2008 | 1,535 | 39,717 | 3.9% |
| 2009 | 1,273 | 37,443 | 3.4% |
| 2010 | 1,707 | 42,387 | 4.0% |
| 2011 | 1,497 | 42,207 | 3.5% |
| 2012 | 1,491 | 40,407 | 3.7% |
| 2013 | 1,675 | 44,922 | 3.7% |
| 2014 | 2,020 | 58,788 | 3.4% |
| 2015 | 2,117 | 64,959 | 3.3% |
| 2016 | 404 | 16,944 | 2.4% |
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 £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.
- Land Rover Defender MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Land Rover model →