Wheel bearings has excessive play on the Ford Fusion
Wheel bearings has excessive play on the Ford Fusion is recorded on 2,981 tests — 1.5% of all its MOT tests, against 0.6% across every car in the data. That is 2.5× the national share.
Is this unusual for this model?
| Compared with | What it says |
|---|---|
| Every car in the data | 0.6% of tests record it — this model is 2.5× that share |
| The 252 models compared | 42 of 252, highest first |
| The model's own record | 197,378 tests · every year of the Fusion → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Ford Fusion 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 2002, 1.9% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2012, 0.8%. The share has fallen 1.1 points over that time. Worst year 2002 at 1.9%; best 2010 at 0.3%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 76 | 4,038 | 1.9% |
| 2003 | 356 | 43,338 | 0.8% |
| 2004 | 256 | 47,433 | 0.5% |
| 2005 | 238 | 52,785 | 0.5% |
| 2006 | 303 | 51,972 | 0.6% |
| 2007 | 350 | 83,013 | 0.4% |
| 2008 | 527 | 89,508 | 0.6% |
| 2009 | 509 | 94,221 | 0.5% |
| 2010 | 214 | 63,060 | 0.3% |
| 2011 | 110 | 26,520 | 0.4% |
| 2012 | 42 | 5,494 | 0.8% |
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 £20–£55 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
- Wheel bearings has excessive play: every model, every year → — the item's own page, with the part guide.
- Ford Fusion MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Ford model →