Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated on the Honda Civic
Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated on the Honda Civic is recorded on 42,617 tests — 4.3% of all its MOT tests, against 1.3% across every car in the data. That is 3.3× 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 3.3× that share |
| The 300 models compared | 21 of 300, highest first |
| The model's own record | 985,342 tests · every year of the Civic → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Honda Civic 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, 4.7% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2017, 0.3%. The share has fallen 4.3 points over that time. Worst year 2003 at 8.4%; best 2017 at 0.3%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 279 | 5,970 | 4.7% |
| 2001 | 1,427 | 17,428 | 8.2% |
| 2002 | 2,097 | 25,691 | 8.2% |
| 2003 | 2,485 | 29,575 | 8.4% |
| 2004 | 3,358 | 40,589 | 8.3% |
| 2005 | 3,737 | 48,932 | 7.6% |
| 2006 | 3,576 | 55,712 | 6.4% |
| 2007 | 6,276 | 86,925 | 7.2% |
| 2008 | 4,634 | 80,215 | 5.8% |
| 2009 | 3,703 | 73,033 | 5.1% |
| 2010 | 2,712 | 64,137 | 4.2% |
| 2011 | 1,515 | 42,306 | 3.6% |
| 2012 | 1,860 | 46,751 | 4.0% |
| 2013 | 2,239 | 53,425 | 4.2% |
| 2014 | 1,117 | 49,264 | 2.3% |
| 2015 | 920 | 50,706 | 1.8% |
| 2016 | 440 | 53,886 | 0.8% |
| 2017 | 153 | 47,936 | 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 £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 Civic MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Honda model →