Coil spring fractured or broken on the Vauxhall Zafira
Coil spring fractured or broken on the Vauxhall Zafira is recorded on 33,110 tests — 4.3% of all its MOT tests, against 2.0% across every car in the data. That is 2.2× 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 2.2× that share |
| The 298 models compared | 39 of 298, 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, 2.0% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2018, 0.5%. The share has fallen 1.4 points over that time. Worst year 2009 at 3.4%; best 2018 at 0.5%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 110 | 5,570 | 2.0% |
| 2002 | 236 | 11,666 | 2.0% |
| 2003 | 423 | 19,352 | 2.2% |
| 2004 | 778 | 33,642 | 2.3% |
| 2005 | 1,045 | 43,120 | 2.4% |
| 2006 | 1,860 | 62,478 | 3.0% |
| 2007 | 2,637 | 93,826 | 2.8% |
| 2008 | 3,359 | 110,208 | 3.0% |
| 2009 | 2,597 | 76,098 | 3.4% |
| 2010 | 4,007 | 130,628 | 3.1% |
| 2011 | 2,163 | 99,944 | 2.2% |
| 2012 | 2,666 | 122,956 | 2.2% |
| 2013 | 4,857 | 208,086 | 2.3% |
| 2014 | 3,366 | 203,420 | 1.6% |
| 2015 | 1,453 | 104,926 | 1.4% |
| 2016 | 846 | 84,684 | 1.0% |
| 2017 | 578 | 83,966 | 0.7% |
| 2018 | 90 | 16,645 | 0.5% |
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 Zafira MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Vauxhall model →