Shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush on the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter
Shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush on the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter is recorded on 1,520 tests — 1.9% of all its MOT tests, against 0.5% across every car in the data. That is 3.8× 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 3.8× that share |
| The 185 models compared | 25 of 185, highest first |
| The model's own record | 81,825 tests · every year of the Sprinter → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 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, 1.5% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2018, 0.5%. The share has fallen 1.0 points over that time. Worst year 2001 at 2.2%; best 2017 at 0.3%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 39 | 2,600 | 1.5% |
| 2001 | 49 | 2,257 | 2.2% |
| 2002 | 27 | 6,108 | 0.4% |
| 2003 | 67 | 6,384 | 1.1% |
| 2004 | 72 | 7,110 | 1.0% |
| 2005 | 56 | 6,704 | 0.8% |
| 2006 | 62 | 6,478 | 1.0% |
| 2007 | 101 | 7,582 | 1.3% |
| 2008 | 99 | 8,416 | 1.2% |
| 2009 | 89 | 6,042 | 1.5% |
| 2010 | 104 | 7,714 | 1.4% |
| 2011 | 119 | 7,612 | 1.6% |
| 2012 | 108 | 8,884 | 1.2% |
| 2013 | 95 | 8,686 | 1.1% |
| 2014 | 127 | 15,423 | 0.8% |
| 2015 | 118 | 11,214 | 1.1% |
| 2016 | 96 | 8,664 | 1.1% |
| 2017 | 45 | 13,143 | 0.3% |
| 2018 | 37 | 8,006 | 0.5% |
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.
- Mercedes-Benz Sprinter MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Mercedes-Benz model →