Suspension arm corroded on the Volkswagen Touran

Suspension arm corroded on the Volkswagen Touran is recorded on 11,812 tests — 4.3% of all its MOT tests, against 1.4% across every car in the data. That is 3.1× 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 3.1× that share
The 252 models compared	39 of 252, highest first
The model's own record	272,345 tests · every year of the Touran →

A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Volkswagen Touran 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 2003, 2.1% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2016, 0.4%. The share has fallen 1.8 points over that time. Worst year 2010 at 5.3%; best 2016 at 0.4%.

Year	Failures recorded	Tests	Share of tests
2003	45	2,090	2.1%
2004	321	15,044	2.1%
2005	427	23,440	1.8%
2006	455	32,098	1.4%
2007	711	43,798	1.6%
2008	538	39,790	1.4%
2009	1,249	41,814	3.0%
2010	2,097	39,296	5.3%
2011	1,284	45,080	2.9%
2012	732	42,788	1.7%
2013	975	59,346	1.6%
2014	1,552	53,658	2.9%
2015	1,365	27,506	5.0%
2016	45	12,291	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 Touran MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
Every Volkswagen model →