Review article

The paper presents the results of studies of the operational reliability of car suspensions performed on the basis of «Avtoexpress-Vladimir» in the process of maintenance and repair of Lada Vesta cars. The main causes of suspension disabling during operation and their most frequently failing parts are revealed. There are determined statistical evaluations of the average operating time of the suspension structural elements before they come to the loss of function. There is also estimated the probability of no-failure operation and the failure rate over the service intervals of the car's operating time.