Component mounting: prescribed area excessively corroded on the Volkswagen Beetle
Component mounting: prescribed area excessively corroded on the Volkswagen Beetle is recorded on 8,143 tests — 4.9% of all its MOT tests, against 1.1% across every car in the data. That is 4.5× the national share.
Is this unusual for this model?
| Compared with | What it says |
|---|---|
| Every car in the data | 1.1% of tests record it — this model is 4.5× that share |
| The 236 models compared | 26 of 236, 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, 4.2% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2011, 3.3%. The share has fallen 1.0 points over that time. Worst year 2002 at 5.1%; best 2004 at 2.4%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 239 | 5,654 | 4.2% |
| 2001 | 351 | 8,236 | 4.3% |
| 2002 | 509 | 9,952 | 5.1% |
| 2003 | 881 | 20,444 | 4.3% |
| 2004 | 992 | 41,496 | 2.4% |
| 2005 | 867 | 36,324 | 2.4% |
| 2006 | 1,056 | 36,000 | 2.9% |
| 2007 | 1,150 | 23,038 | 5.0% |
| 2008 | 726 | 19,296 | 3.8% |
| 2009 | 561 | 14,116 | 4.0% |
| 2010 | 575 | 16,536 | 3.5% |
| 2011 | 169 | 5,160 | 3.3% |
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 £180–£450 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
- Component mounting: prescribed area excessively corroded: 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 →