Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated on the Ford Transit
Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated on the Ford Transit is recorded on 34,479 tests — 3.1% of all its MOT tests, against 1.3% across every car in the data. That is 2.4× 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 2.4× that share |
| The 300 models compared | 35 of 300, highest first |
| The model's own record | 1,107,503 tests · every year of the Transit → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Ford Transit 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, 2.1% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2021, 0.4%. The share has fallen 1.7 points over that time. Worst year 2009 at 9.4%; best 2019 at 0.3%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 80 | 3,770 | 2.1% |
| 2001 | 183 | 4,818 | 3.8% |
| 2002 | 352 | 7,130 | 4.9% |
| 2003 | 418 | 8,546 | 4.9% |
| 2004 | 288 | 8,004 | 3.6% |
| 2005 | 347 | 11,182 | 3.1% |
| 2006 | 936 | 20,738 | 4.5% |
| 2007 | 2,308 | 36,309 | 6.4% |
| 2008 | 3,210 | 46,399 | 6.9% |
| 2009 | 3,995 | 42,596 | 9.4% |
| 2010 | 4,544 | 61,587 | 7.4% |
| 2011 | 2,102 | 73,857 | 2.9% |
| 2012 | 1,378 | 60,992 | 2.3% |
| 2013 | 1,900 | 78,179 | 2.4% |
| 2014 | 3,155 | 108,992 | 2.9% |
| 2015 | 3,025 | 133,556 | 2.3% |
| 2016 | 2,767 | 152,202 | 1.8% |
| 2017 | 2,599 | 158,867 | 1.6% |
| 2018 | 807 | 66,966 | 1.2% |
| 2019 | 32 | 9,738 | 0.3% |
| 2020 | 34 | 5,111 | 0.7% |
| 2021 | 17 | 4,175 | 0.4% |
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 Transit MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Ford model →