Coil spring fractured or broken on the Volkswagen Touareg
Coil spring fractured or broken on the Volkswagen Touareg is recorded on 6,876 tests — 5.6% of all its MOT tests, against 2.0% across every car in the data. That is 2.8× 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 2.8× that share |
| The 298 models compared | 18 of 298, highest first |
| The model's own record | 121,838 tests · every year of the Touareg → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Volkswagen Touareg 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 2004, 4.9% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2020, 1.0%. The share has fallen 4.0 points over that time. Worst year 2010 at 8.2%; best 2020 at 1.0%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 113 | 2,288 | 4.9% |
| 2005 | 230 | 4,230 | 5.4% |
| 2006 | 328 | 6,105 | 5.4% |
| 2007 | 436 | 14,498 | 3.0% |
| 2008 | 351 | 5,286 | 6.6% |
| 2009 | 263 | 8,156 | 3.2% |
| 2010 | 225 | 2,737 | 8.2% |
| 2011 | 586 | 12,350 | 4.7% |
| 2012 | 585 | 13,222 | 4.4% |
| 2013 | 720 | 16,492 | 4.4% |
| 2014 | 729 | 21,486 | 3.4% |
| 2015 | 739 | 29,478 | 2.5% |
| 2016 | 426 | 27,016 | 1.6% |
| 2017 | 435 | 11,630 | 3.7% |
| 2018 | 230 | 5,222 | 4.4% |
| 2019 | 439 | 19,244 | 2.3% |
| 2020 | 20 | 2,034 | 1.0% |
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.
- Volkswagen Touareg MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Volkswagen model →