Coil spring corroded on the Vauxhall Zafira

Coil spring corroded on the Vauxhall Zafira is recorded on 60,031 tests — 7.8% of all its MOT tests, against 3.7% across every car in the data. That is 2.1× the national share.

Is this unusual for this model?

Compared with	What it says
Every car in the data	3.7% of tests record it — this model is 2.1× that share
The 326 models compared	45 of 326, highest first
The model's own record	764,910 tests · every year of the Zafira →

A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Vauxhall Zafira 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 2001, 7.4% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2018, 0.3%. The share has fallen 7.1 points over that time. Worst year 2002 at 8.4%; best 2018 at 0.3%.

Year	Failures recorded	Tests	Share of tests
2001	411	5,570	7.4%
2002	981	11,666	8.4%
2003	1,497	29,028	5.2%
2004	2,366	33,642	7.0%
2005	2,934	43,120	6.8%
2006	4,125	62,478	6.6%
2007	6,350	140,739	4.5%
2008	8,210	110,208	7.5%
2009	5,071	76,098	6.7%
2010	7,100	195,942	3.6%
2011	4,243	149,916	2.8%
2012	4,188	122,956	3.4%
2013	6,056	208,086	2.9%
2014	4,111	203,420	2.0%
2015	1,120	157,389	0.7%
2016	715	84,684	0.8%
2017	392	83,966	0.5%
2018	46	16,645	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 corroded: every model, every year → — the item's own page, with the part guide.
Vauxhall Zafira MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
Every Vauxhall model →