Wheel bearings has excessive play on the Ford Ranger
Wheel bearings has excessive play on the Ford Ranger is recorded on 6,981 tests — 1.8% of all its MOT tests, against 0.6% across every car in the data. That is 3.0× 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 3.0× that share |
| The 252 models compared | 37 of 252, 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 2000, 6.9% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2012, 0.6%. The share has fallen 6.3 points over that time. Worst year 2001 at 8.1%; best 2012 at 0.6%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 240 | 3,478 | 6.9% |
| 2001 | 345 | 4,250 | 8.1% |
| 2002 | 521 | 8,487 | 6.1% |
| 2003 | 173 | 7,930 | 2.2% |
| 2004 | 233 | 13,728 | 1.7% |
| 2005 | 258 | 15,422 | 1.7% |
| 2006 | 575 | 28,326 | 2.0% |
| 2007 | 1,244 | 33,057 | 3.8% |
| 2008 | 988 | 24,069 | 4.1% |
| 2009 | 1,004 | 26,853 | 3.7% |
| 2010 | 531 | 16,815 | 3.2% |
| 2011 | 624 | 11,854 | 5.3% |
| 2012 | 82 | 14,474 | 0.6% |
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 Ranger MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Ford model →