Suspension arm corroded on the Volkswagen Golf
Suspension arm corroded on the Volkswagen Golf is recorded on 99,654 tests — 3.2% of all its MOT tests, against 1.4% across every car in the data. That is 2.3× the national share.
Is this unusual for this model?
| Compared with | What it says |
|---|---|
| Every car in the data | 1.4% of tests record it — this model is 2.3× that share |
| The 252 models compared | 60 of 252, highest first |
| The model's own record | 3,105,148 tests · every year of the Golf → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Volkswagen Golf 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, 1.5% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2017, 0.4%. The share has fallen 1.1 points over that time. Worst year 2010 at 3.2%; best 2017 at 0.4%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 498 | 34,220 | 1.5% |
| 2001 | 1,040 | 61,128 | 1.7% |
| 2002 | 1,616 | 162,078 | 1.0% |
| 2003 | 2,036 | 126,564 | 1.6% |
| 2004 | 2,654 | 100,778 | 2.6% |
| 2005 | 3,429 | 233,793 | 1.5% |
| 2006 | 6,245 | 344,415 | 1.8% |
| 2007 | 9,268 | 464,931 | 2.0% |
| 2008 | 7,828 | 308,352 | 2.5% |
| 2009 | 10,619 | 503,385 | 2.1% |
| 2010 | 16,366 | 518,286 | 3.2% |
| 2011 | 14,471 | 576,474 | 2.5% |
| 2012 | 7,491 | 581,985 | 1.3% |
| 2013 | 2,763 | 579,990 | 0.5% |
| 2014 | 4,569 | 663,951 | 0.7% |
| 2015 | 4,745 | 453,408 | 1.1% |
| 2016 | 2,875 | 431,052 | 0.7% |
| 2017 | 844 | 228,968 | 0.4% |
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 £35–£85 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
- Suspension arm corroded: every model, every year → — the item's own page, with the part guide.
- Volkswagen Golf MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Volkswagen model →