Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated on the Honda Accord
Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated on the Honda Accord is recorded on 3,807 tests — 4.0% of all its MOT tests, against 1.3% across every car in the data. That is 3.1× 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 3.1× that share |
| The 300 models compared | 23 of 300, highest first |
| The model's own record | 95,487 tests · every year of the Accord → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Honda Accord 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, 8.2% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2012, 0.8%. The share has fallen 7.4 points over that time. Worst year 2002 at 9.2%; best 2012 at 0.8%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 232 | 2,831 | 8.2% |
| 2001 | 158 | 2,108 | 7.5% |
| 2002 | 199 | 2,174 | 9.2% |
| 2003 | 361 | 6,088 | 5.9% |
| 2004 | 590 | 9,487 | 6.2% |
| 2005 | 583 | 11,125 | 5.2% |
| 2006 | 571 | 10,727 | 5.3% |
| 2007 | 508 | 11,902 | 4.3% |
| 2008 | 273 | 10,669 | 2.6% |
| 2009 | 188 | 11,217 | 1.7% |
| 2010 | 39 | 4,542 | 0.9% |
| 2011 | 48 | 4,542 | 1.1% |
| 2012 | 31 | 4,152 | 0.8% |
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.
- Honda Accord MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Honda model →