Coil spring fractured or broken on the Vauxhall Astra
Coil spring fractured or broken on the Vauxhall Astra is recorded on 112,479 tests — 4.8% of all its MOT tests, against 2.0% across every car in the data. That is 2.4× the national share.
Is this unusual for this model?
| Compared with | What it says |
|---|---|
| Every car in the data | 2.0% of tests record it — this model is 2.4× that share |
| The 298 models compared | 32 of 298, highest first |
| The model's own record | 2,353,816 tests · every year of the Astra → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Vauxhall Astra 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, 1.3% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2016, 0.3%. The share has fallen 0.9 points over that time. Worst year 2009 at 3.9%; best 2016 at 0.3%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 171 | 13,468 | 1.3% |
| 2001 | 437 | 24,980 | 1.8% |
| 2002 | 867 | 44,590 | 1.9% |
| 2003 | 1,039 | 58,234 | 1.8% |
| 2004 | 1,480 | 64,676 | 2.3% |
| 2005 | 3,519 | 121,248 | 2.9% |
| 2006 | 5,616 | 181,474 | 3.1% |
| 2007 | 9,410 | 290,154 | 3.2% |
| 2008 | 10,391 | 291,394 | 3.6% |
| 2009 | 11,261 | 288,706 | 3.9% |
| 2010 | 10,177 | 380,036 | 2.7% |
| 2011 | 8,897 | 334,222 | 2.7% |
| 2012 | 9,595 | 376,012 | 2.5% |
| 2013 | 13,138 | 425,878 | 3.1% |
| 2014 | 13,720 | 385,284 | 3.6% |
| 2015 | 10,801 | 343,436 | 3.1% |
| 2016 | 1,310 | 383,956 | 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 £25–£65 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
- Coil spring fractured or broken: every model, every year → — the item's own page, with the part guide.
- Vauxhall Astra MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Vauxhall model →