Shock absorber has no damping on the SEAT Ibiza

Shock absorber has no damping on the SEAT Ibiza is recorded on 5,378 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	42 of 221, highest first
The model's own record	710,421 tests · every year of the Ibiza →

A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every SEAT Ibiza 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 2003, 0.5% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2016, 0.2%. The share has barely moved over that time. Worst year 2010 at 0.7%; best 2016 at 0.2%.

Year	Failures recorded	Tests	Share of tests
2003	35	7,296	0.5%
2004	40	9,566	0.4%
2005	64	11,858	0.5%
2006	61	21,780	0.3%
2007	145	31,250	0.5%
2008	220	65,832	0.3%
2009	449	70,422	0.6%
2010	549	82,354	0.7%
2011	809	162,576	0.5%
2012	706	156,801	0.5%
2013	640	126,424	0.5%
2014	391	148,112	0.3%
2015	439	135,242	0.3%
2016	491	204,951	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.
SEAT Ibiza MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
Every SEAT model →