Service brake imbalance across an axle on the Skoda Fabia
Service brake imbalance across an axle on the Skoda Fabia is recorded on 11,863 tests — 1.4% of all its MOT tests, against 0.7% 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 | 0.7% of tests record it — this model is 2.0× that share |
| The 285 models compared | 42 of 285, highest first |
| The model's own record | 835,925 tests · every year of the Fabia → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Skoda Fabia 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, 2.0% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2015, 0.3%. The share has fallen 1.6 points over that time. Worst year 2000 at 2.0%; best 2015 at 0.3%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 50 | 2,534 | 2.0% |
| 2001 | 187 | 10,870 | 1.7% |
| 2002 | 222 | 14,938 | 1.5% |
| 2003 | 353 | 34,401 | 1.0% |
| 2004 | 519 | 35,042 | 1.5% |
| 2005 | 672 | 73,206 | 0.9% |
| 2006 | 756 | 89,580 | 0.8% |
| 2007 | 897 | 106,752 | 0.8% |
| 2008 | 1,184 | 85,748 | 1.4% |
| 2009 | 1,147 | 106,322 | 1.1% |
| 2010 | 842 | 82,372 | 1.0% |
| 2011 | 863 | 133,935 | 0.6% |
| 2012 | 856 | 153,345 | 0.6% |
| 2013 | 1,075 | 202,041 | 0.5% |
| 2014 | 772 | 156,804 | 0.5% |
| 2015 | 394 | 124,650 | 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 £45–£110 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
- Service brake imbalance across an axle: every model, every year → — the item's own page, with the part guide.
- Skoda Fabia MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Skoda model →