Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated on the Ford Ranger
Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated on the Ford Ranger is recorded on 10,188 tests — 2.6% of all its MOT tests, against 1.3% across every car in the data. That is 2.0× the national share.
Is this unusual for this model?
| Compared with | What it says |
|---|---|
| Every car in the data | 1.3% of tests record it — this model is 2.0× that share |
| The 300 models compared | 59 of 300, highest first |
| The model's own record | 394,866 tests · every year of the Ranger → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Ford Ranger 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 2001, 8.6% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2022, 0.3%. The share has fallen 8.3 points over that time. Worst year 2012 at 10.2%; best 2022 at 0.3%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 182 | 2,125 | 8.6% |
| 2002 | 159 | 2,829 | 5.6% |
| 2003 | 206 | 3,965 | 5.2% |
| 2004 | 268 | 6,864 | 3.9% |
| 2005 | 280 | 7,711 | 3.6% |
| 2006 | 352 | 9,442 | 3.7% |
| 2007 | 486 | 11,019 | 4.4% |
| 2008 | 243 | 8,023 | 3.0% |
| 2009 | 315 | 8,951 | 3.5% |
| 2010 | 158 | 5,605 | 2.8% |
| 2011 | 183 | 5,927 | 3.1% |
| 2012 | 737 | 7,237 | 10.2% |
| 2013 | 1,086 | 10,886 | 10.0% |
| 2014 | 1,229 | 14,933 | 8.2% |
| 2015 | 1,411 | 22,927 | 6.2% |
| 2016 | 1,419 | 37,114 | 3.8% |
| 2017 | 857 | 37,789 | 2.3% |
| 2018 | 388 | 48,973 | 0.8% |
| 2022 | 45 | 16,456 | 0.3% |
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 £18–£45 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
- Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated: every model, every year → — the item's own page, with the part guide.
- Ford Ranger MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Ford model →