Play in steering rack inner joint on the Ford Transit Connect
Play in steering rack inner joint on the Ford Transit Connect is recorded on 20,105 tests — 3.3% of all its MOT tests, against 1.6% 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 | 1.6% of tests record it — this model is 2.1× that share |
| The 325 models compared | 52 of 325, 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, 3.7% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2022, 0.2%. The share has fallen 3.5 points over that time. Worst year 2010 at 7.3%; best 2022 at 0.2%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 362 | 9,805 | 3.7% |
| 2004 | 537 | 14,011 | 3.8% |
| 2005 | 1,296 | 19,614 | 6.6% |
| 2006 | 1,550 | 27,991 | 5.5% |
| 2007 | 1,892 | 31,889 | 5.9% |
| 2008 | 1,984 | 28,684 | 6.9% |
| 2009 | 1,088 | 19,539 | 5.6% |
| 2010 | 1,449 | 19,884 | 7.3% |
| 2011 | 1,360 | 22,557 | 6.0% |
| 2012 | 1,086 | 22,208 | 4.9% |
| 2013 | 873 | 16,473 | 5.3% |
| 2014 | 1,434 | 38,785 | 3.7% |
| 2015 | 1,211 | 47,362 | 2.6% |
| 2016 | 1,209 | 48,758 | 2.5% |
| 2017 | 1,308 | 61,428 | 2.1% |
| 2018 | 840 | 55,950 | 1.5% |
| 2019 | 292 | 50,681 | 0.6% |
| 2020 | 215 | 36,877 | 0.6% |
| 2021 | 64 | 24,503 | 0.3% |
| 2022 | 20 | 8,777 | 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 £120–£300 fitted. It is a job for a garage, not a driveway. 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
- Play in steering rack inner joint: 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 →