Shock absorber has no damping on the Vauxhall Vectra
Shock absorber has no damping on the Vauxhall Vectra is recorded on 3,001 tests — 2.6% of all its MOT tests, against 0.4% across every car in the data. That is 6.5× 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 6.5× that share |
| The 221 models compared | Highest rate of any of them |
| The model's own record | 117,307 tests · every year of the Vectra → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Vauxhall Vectra 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, 0.6% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2009, 0.8%. The share has barely moved over that time. Worst year 2008 at 1.4%; best 2002 at 0.3%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 17 | 2,824 | 0.6% |
| 2001 | 31 | 4,462 | 0.7% |
| 2002 | 12 | 4,428 | 0.3% |
| 2003 | 49 | 5,548 | 0.9% |
| 2004 | 90 | 10,194 | 0.9% |
| 2005 | 158 | 25,623 | 0.6% |
| 2006 | 471 | 54,108 | 0.9% |
| 2007 | 931 | 65,500 | 1.4% |
| 2008 | 1,078 | 75,350 | 1.4% |
| 2009 | 164 | 19,731 | 0.8% |
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.
- Vauxhall Vectra MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Vauxhall model →