Hi all 

My car failed it's mot on the following items 

Both rear trailing arm bushes 

Also the front 2 wishbones are advisories 

Was wondering on rough cost to get it all done my local garage charge £40 hour labour roughly I heard the rear bushes are a biggish job it's a 2015 1.5tdci estate 76k

£40 an hour?  Do they think it's still 1999?  I'd budget for about 2 hours per side for the rear bushes - expecting complications with seized, rusted bolts.

Fronts are easy, half an hour per side, about £70 per wishbone.

Works out around £400 all in as a rough ball park.

21 minutes ago, TomsFocus said:

£40 an hour?  Do they think it's still 1999?  I'd budget for about 2 hours per side for the rear bushes - expecting complications with seized, rusted bolts.

Fronts are easy, half an hour per side, about £70 per wishbone.

Works out around £400 all in as a rough ball park.

What wishbones do you recommend they mentioned Moog or delphi

11 minutes ago, gibbo1471 said:

What wishbones do you recommend they mentioned Moog or delphi

I'd prefer TRW or Febi with 3 years warranty.  But of those two options I'd probably go Delphi.

Are the rears a common issueb

1 minute ago, gibbo1471 said:

Are the rears a common issueb

Yeah, Ford rear bushes are rubbish on every model, Fiesta, Focus, Mondeo, etc.  Common MOT failure.

2 minutes ago, TomsFocus said:

Yeah, Ford rear bushes are rubbish on every model, Fiesta, Focus, Mondeo, etc.  Common MOT failure.

You would not think a 15 plate would deteriate that quickly the garage has just sent me a quote replace rear bushes pair of front wishbones Delphi full service with the mot £530 

1 minute ago, gibbo1471 said:

You would not think a 15 plate would deteriate that quickly the garage has just sent me a quote replace rear bushes pair of front wishbones Delphi full service with the mot £530 

I agree, the bushes do generally last a bit longer...but things on your car in particular seem to be wearing out more quickly than other Mk3 1.5 TDCIs.  Perhaps it had a hard life before you bought it.

That quote sounds about right including MOT & service.

😭 I know just had 4 tyres as well cost me a fortune my old mk1 Y reg lasted forever there not the same now 

1 hour ago, TomsFocus said:

£40 an hour?  Do they think it's still 1999? 

That's probably just a typo, the 1 in front of the 40 is missing 🤣

My window cleaner calls once a month for 10 minutes and charges £10. Think the garage should start cleaning windows, they'd make more money.

Given what Tom has said about how many hours are required to do the suspension jobs (let alone the service) that truly sounds like a bargain. 

I was on a Facebook group as well some saying that's too much etc but you guys are honest people so thanks 

11 hours ago, gibbo1471 said:

if your nice garage lets you supply the parts you`ll save even more money 🤑

23 hours ago, TomsFocus said:

Yeah, Ford rear bushes are rubbish on every model, Fiesta, Focus, Mondeo, etc.  Common MOT failure.

And Cortinas, they never learn

My first car was a Mk3 Cortina (in two-tone blue and silver) and IIRC it failed it's MOT on one of the rear console (??) bushes....first bush I ever changed...those were the days 😄