Wheel bearings has excessive play on the Ford Transit
Wheel bearings has excessive play on the Ford Transit is recorded on 36,137 tests — 3.3% of all its MOT tests, against 0.6% across every car in the data. That is 5.5× 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 5.5× that share |
| The 252 models compared | 19 of 252, 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, 3.7% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2017, 0.3%. The share has fallen 3.4 points over that time. Worst year 2000 at 3.7%; best 2017 at 0.3%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 418 | 11,310 | 3.7% |
| 2001 | 249 | 14,454 | 1.7% |
| 2002 | 277 | 14,260 | 1.9% |
| 2003 | 415 | 25,638 | 1.6% |
| 2004 | 399 | 16,008 | 2.5% |
| 2005 | 582 | 33,546 | 1.7% |
| 2006 | 973 | 62,214 | 1.6% |
| 2007 | 1,714 | 108,927 | 1.6% |
| 2008 | 2,314 | 139,197 | 1.7% |
| 2009 | 2,744 | 127,788 | 2.1% |
| 2010 | 4,280 | 184,761 | 2.3% |
| 2011 | 5,092 | 221,571 | 2.3% |
| 2012 | 4,661 | 182,976 | 2.5% |
| 2013 | 4,382 | 234,537 | 1.9% |
| 2014 | 2,190 | 326,976 | 0.7% |
| 2015 | 2,019 | 400,668 | 0.5% |
| 2016 | 1,577 | 456,606 | 0.3% |
| 2017 | 1,453 | 476,601 | 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 £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 Transit MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Ford model →