Shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush on the Toyota Hilux
Shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush on the Toyota Hilux is recorded on 3,141 tests — 1.4% of all its MOT tests, against 0.5% across every car in the data. That is 2.8× 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 2.8× that share |
| The 185 models compared | 32 of 185, highest first |
| The model's own record | 232,560 tests · every year of the Hilux → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Toyota Hilux 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, 1.4% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2022, 0.4%. The share has fallen 1.0 points over that time. Worst year 2003 at 1.9%; best 2019 at 0.2%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 60 | 4,244 | 1.4% |
| 2001 | 78 | 4,522 | 1.7% |
| 2002 | 104 | 6,716 | 1.6% |
| 2003 | 141 | 7,386 | 1.9% |
| 2004 | 149 | 10,548 | 1.4% |
| 2005 | 99 | 8,754 | 1.1% |
| 2006 | 93 | 7,944 | 1.2% |
| 2007 | 100 | 20,553 | 0.5% |
| 2008 | 140 | 15,248 | 0.9% |
| 2009 | 134 | 13,580 | 1.0% |
| 2010 | 132 | 18,894 | 0.7% |
| 2011 | 206 | 28,642 | 0.7% |
| 2012 | 134 | 29,360 | 0.5% |
| 2013 | 169 | 30,226 | 0.6% |
| 2014 | 302 | 36,462 | 0.8% |
| 2015 | 295 | 41,162 | 0.7% |
| 2016 | 341 | 32,340 | 1.1% |
| 2017 | 215 | 34,476 | 0.6% |
| 2019 | 79 | 34,884 | 0.2% |
| 2021 | 36 | 6,364 | 0.6% |
| 2022 | 8 | 2,056 | 0.4% |
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.
- Toyota Hilux MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Toyota model →