Coil spring fractured or broken on the Volvo V40
Coil spring fractured or broken on the Volvo V40 is recorded on 19,714 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 | 19 of 298, highest first |
| The model's own record | 352,255 tests · every year of the V40 → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Volvo V40 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 2001, 1.9% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2019, 1.6%. The share has fallen 0.3 points over that time. Worst year 2017 at 3.2%; best 2019 at 1.6%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 75 | 3,876 | 1.9% |
| 2002 | 100 | 5,266 | 1.9% |
| 2003 | 164 | 7,734 | 2.1% |
| 2004 | 131 | 6,524 | 2.0% |
| 2012 | 355 | 17,444 | 2.0% |
| 2013 | 2,220 | 81,872 | 2.7% |
| 2014 | 3,330 | 116,908 | 2.9% |
| 2015 | 3,403 | 114,166 | 3.0% |
| 2016 | 3,518 | 111,048 | 3.2% |
| 2017 | 3,032 | 94,666 | 3.2% |
| 2018 | 2,458 | 88,418 | 2.8% |
| 2019 | 891 | 54,444 | 1.6% |
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 V40 MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Volvo model →