Coil spring fractured or broken on the Volvo S40
Coil spring fractured or broken on the Volvo S40 is recorded on 3,040 tests — 4.4% of all its MOT tests, against 2.0% across every car in the data. That is 2.2× 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 2.2× that share |
| The 298 models compared | 38 of 298, highest first |
| The model's own record | 69,731 tests · every year of the S40 → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Volvo S40 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 2002, 2.1% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2012, 6.1%. The share has risen 4.0 points over that time. Worst year 2012 at 6.1%; best 2006 at 1.8%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 72 | 3,500 | 2.1% |
| 2003 | 97 | 2,623 | 3.7% |
| 2004 | 203 | 9,184 | 2.2% |
| 2005 | 231 | 11,452 | 2.0% |
| 2006 | 228 | 12,990 | 1.8% |
| 2007 | 273 | 7,107 | 3.8% |
| 2008 | 475 | 22,656 | 2.1% |
| 2009 | 397 | 18,784 | 2.1% |
| 2010 | 371 | 15,412 | 2.4% |
| 2011 | 295 | 11,628 | 2.5% |
| 2012 | 305 | 5,012 | 6.1% |
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.
- Volvo S40 MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Volvo model →