What Wears Out

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Corrosion and body defects on electric cars

Structural corrosion is rare on cars this young, so any signal here stands out.

1.4%of all electric-car failing defects
4.1%on petrol and diesel cars of the same age

Models where body take the biggest share of failures

Share of each car's own failing defects. A high share means this is what the car fails on, not that the car fails more overall: the fail rate column tells you that.

ModelBody sharevs fleetOverall fail rateTests
Mercedes-Benz Vito37.7%9.2×14.3%126
Nissan Dynamo30.6%7.5×12.0%249
Mercedes-Benz eVito28.2%6.9×9.1%593
Mercedes-Benz EQV17.9%4.4×12.6%898
Vauxhall Combo-e15.4%3.8×6.7%163
Citroen e-Berlingo12.5%3.0×6.9%102
Volkswagen ABT12.5%3.0×4.2%263
Vauxhall Vivaro-E6.6%1.6×13.6%921
Polestar 25.8%1.4×10.1%5,894
Volvo XC405.1%1.2×10.7%1,746
Honda Insight5.1%1.2×23.6%140
Tesla Model X4.9%1.2×18.3%6,208
Peugeot Partner4.9%1.2×8.1%778
Peugeot Expert4.8%1.2×3.3%1,137
Renault Kangoo4.7%1.1×17.8%4,063
Mercedes-Benz B-Class3.8%0.9×15.6%397
Tesla Model S3.2%0.8×18.0%10,892
Nissan NV2003.1%0.8×20.1%2,903
Lexus UX2.9%0.7×4.4%1,019
Nissan e-NV2002.7%0.7×19.3%6,054
Maxus E2.7%0.7×21.2%936
Smart Fortwo2.6%0.6×9.7%921
Peugeot iOn2.2%0.5×18.7%343
Ford Mondeo2.1%0.5×12.2%370
Hyundai Ioniq2.0%0.5×6.8%12,581
Honda E1.9%0.5×7.6%1,477
Vauxhall Mokka1.7%0.4×8.0%2,837
Mercedes-Benz EQA1.5%0.4×10.1%5,119
Citroen Berlingo1.4%0.3×18.5%216
MG ZS1.3%0.3×9.4%13,341
Nissan Leaf1.3%0.3×15.4%49,764
Toyota Auris1.3%0.3×27.4%164
Audi e-tron1.3%0.3×9.1%14,319
BMW i31.2%0.3×8.8%15,271
Jaguar I-Pace1.1%0.3×6.7%18,063
Volkswagen Golf1.0%0.2×12.1%808
Renault Zoe1.0%0.2×19.0%22,057
Renault Twizy1.0%0.2×20.4%500
Mercedes-Benz EQC1.0%0.2×14.7%7,232
MG51.0%0.2×8.7%9,448
Mazda MX-301.0%0.2×6.4%2,026
Kia EV60.8%0.2×5.2%1,399
Hyundai Kona0.8%0.2×8.1%15,479
Fiat 500E0.7%0.2×12.6%2,577
Volkswagen ID.40.7%0.2×8.8%6,402
Citroen e-C40.6%0.1×14.2%1,413
Kia Niro0.6%0.1×8.0%29,589
Smart EQ0.6%0.1×8.3%2,590
Ford Mustang0.6%0.1×7.0%2,846
Porsche Taycan0.6%0.1×8.5%6,264
Peugeot 20080.5%0.1×11.2%6,497
Vauxhall Corsa0.5%0.1×14.7%8,595
Audi Q40.4%0.1×11.4%3,945
Volkswagen e-Golf0.4%0.1×11.9%6,536
Seat Mii0.4%0.1×10.5%1,415
BMW iX30.4%0.1×11.4%3,079
Skoda Enyaq0.4%0.1×11.3%4,360
Tesla Model 30.3%0.1×14.6%67,849
DS 30.3%0.1×12.5%1,212
Mini Cooper SE0.3%0.1×9.6%9,945
Volkswagen ID.30.3%0.1×8.3%16,546
Kia Soul0.2%0.0×9.9%2,957
Peugeot 2080.2%0.0×13.4%7,252
Mercedes-Benz EQB0.0%0.0×4.7%129
Toyota BZ4X0.0%0.0×0.7%138
Tesla Model Y0.0%0.0×8.0%1,766
Volkswagen UP0.0%0.0×9.5%201
Smart Forfour0.0%0.0×15.0%386
BMW iX0.0%0.0×11.6%484
Skoda Citigo0.0%0.0×6.4%329
MG40.0%0.0×5.7%966
Mercedes-Benz EQS0.0%0.0×3.2%280
BMW i40.0%0.0×6.4%266
Citroen E-Dispatch0.0%0.0×6.6%151
Volkswagen e-Up0.0%0.0×6.4%1,540
BYD Atto0.0%0.0×1.6%124
Citroen C-Zero0.0%0.0×20.0%130
Volkswagen ID.50.0%0.0×2.9%204
Audi RS0.0%0.0×17.4%172
Mercedes-Benz EQE0.0%0.0×2.8%939
Toyota Proace0.0%0.0×4.8%208

What to ask the seller

  • Look under the sills and around the battery tray mounts for corrosion; rare on cars this young, so any sign is a red flag.

Other problem areas

Tyres49.8% of electric failuresSuspension12.8% of electric failuresBrakes8.9% of electric failuresLighting10.7% of electric failuresVisibility11.4% of electric failuresSteering1.5% of electric failures
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