Swivel pin or bush excessively worn on the Vauxhall Astra
Swivel pin or bush excessively worn on the Vauxhall Astra is recorded on 53,893 tests — 2.3% of all its MOT tests, against 0.6% 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 | 0.6% of tests record it — this model is 3.8× that share |
| The 136 models compared | 14 of 136, 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, 1.9% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2012, 0.2%. The share has fallen 1.7 points over that time. Worst year 2005 at 2.7%; best 2012 at 0.2%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 252 | 13,468 | 1.9% |
| 2001 | 465 | 24,980 | 1.9% |
| 2002 | 748 | 44,590 | 1.7% |
| 2003 | 763 | 58,234 | 1.3% |
| 2004 | 1,047 | 64,676 | 1.6% |
| 2005 | 3,268 | 121,248 | 2.7% |
| 2006 | 6,279 | 272,211 | 2.3% |
| 2007 | 10,933 | 435,231 | 2.5% |
| 2008 | 11,534 | 437,091 | 2.6% |
| 2009 | 9,558 | 433,059 | 2.2% |
| 2010 | 5,903 | 570,054 | 1.0% |
| 2011 | 1,366 | 334,222 | 0.4% |
| 2012 | 776 | 376,012 | 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 £40–£150 fitted. It is a job for a garage, not a driveway. 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
- Swivel pin or bush excessively worn: 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 →