Flexible brake hoses excessively deteriorated on the Volkswagen Beetle
Flexible brake hoses excessively deteriorated on the Volkswagen Beetle is recorded on 4,088 tests — 2.4% of all its MOT tests, against 0.4% across every car in the data. That is 6.0× 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 6.0× that share |
| The 159 models compared | 14 of 159, highest first |
| The model's own record | 167,030 tests · every year of the Beetle → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Volkswagen Beetle 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, 3.1% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2011, 0.6%. The share has fallen 2.6 points over that time. Worst year 2004 at 3.2%; best 2011 at 0.6%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 178 | 5,654 | 3.1% |
| 2001 | 224 | 8,236 | 2.7% |
| 2002 | 244 | 9,952 | 2.5% |
| 2003 | 544 | 20,444 | 2.7% |
| 2004 | 876 | 27,664 | 3.2% |
| 2005 | 680 | 24,216 | 2.8% |
| 2006 | 513 | 24,000 | 2.1% |
| 2007 | 399 | 23,038 | 1.7% |
| 2008 | 189 | 28,944 | 0.7% |
| 2009 | 120 | 14,116 | 0.8% |
| 2010 | 97 | 16,536 | 0.6% |
| 2011 | 15 | 2,580 | 0.6% |
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–£70 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
- Flexible brake hoses excessively deteriorated: every model, every year → — the item's own page, with the part guide.
- Volkswagen Beetle MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Volkswagen model →