Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated on the Ford Transit Connect
Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated on the Ford Transit Connect is recorded on 16,551 tests — 2.7% of all its MOT tests, against 1.3% across every car in the data. That is 2.1× 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 2.1× that share |
| The 300 models compared | 54 of 300, highest first |
| The model's own record | 607,130 tests · every year of the Transit Connect → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Ford Transit Connect 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 2003, 8.9% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2017, 0.2%. The share has fallen 8.6 points over that time. Worst year 2009 at 9.7%; best 2017 at 0.2%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 869 | 9,805 | 8.9% |
| 2004 | 1,003 | 14,011 | 7.2% |
| 2005 | 1,313 | 19,614 | 6.7% |
| 2006 | 1,909 | 27,991 | 6.8% |
| 2007 | 2,391 | 31,889 | 7.5% |
| 2008 | 1,945 | 28,684 | 6.8% |
| 2009 | 1,893 | 19,539 | 9.7% |
| 2010 | 1,391 | 19,884 | 7.0% |
| 2011 | 1,086 | 22,557 | 4.8% |
| 2012 | 1,044 | 22,208 | 4.7% |
| 2013 | 619 | 16,473 | 3.8% |
| 2014 | 278 | 38,785 | 0.7% |
| 2015 | 221 | 47,362 | 0.5% |
| 2016 | 169 | 48,758 | 0.3% |
| 2017 | 143 | 61,428 | 0.2% |
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 Connect MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Ford model →