Coil spring corroded on the Volvo V70
Coil spring corroded on the Volvo V70 is recorded on 15,736 tests — 10.8% of all its MOT tests, against 3.7% across every car in the data. That is 2.9× the national share.
Is this unusual for this model?
| Compared with | What it says |
|---|---|
| Every car in the data | 3.7% of tests record it — this model is 2.9× that share |
| The 326 models compared | 20 of 326, highest first |
| The model's own record | 146,306 tests · every year of the V70 → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Volvo V70 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, 7.7% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2016, 0.5%. The share has fallen 7.2 points over that time. Worst year 2011 at 9.9%; best 2016 at 0.5%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 765 | 9,918 | 7.7% |
| 2001 | 834 | 12,308 | 6.8% |
| 2002 | 1,370 | 17,998 | 7.6% |
| 2003 | 1,446 | 19,566 | 7.4% |
| 2004 | 1,349 | 22,554 | 6.0% |
| 2005 | 1,673 | 25,854 | 6.5% |
| 2006 | 1,084 | 19,886 | 5.5% |
| 2007 | 1,110 | 20,202 | 5.5% |
| 2008 | 1,672 | 24,726 | 6.8% |
| 2009 | 1,427 | 27,692 | 5.2% |
| 2010 | 1,071 | 20,666 | 5.2% |
| 2011 | 741 | 7,507 | 9.9% |
| 2012 | 500 | 11,256 | 4.4% |
| 2013 | 447 | 12,358 | 3.6% |
| 2014 | 165 | 6,830 | 2.4% |
| 2015 | 70 | 6,883 | 1.0% |
| 2016 | 12 | 2,543 | 0.5% |
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 corroded: every model, every year → — the item's own page, with the part guide.
- Volvo V70 MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Volvo model →