Linkage ball joint excessively worn on the Kia Sorento
Linkage ball joint excessively worn on the Kia Sorento is recorded on 6,397 tests — 4.9% of all its MOT tests, against 1.8% across every car in the data. That is 2.7× the national share.
Is this unusual for this model?
| Compared with | What it says |
|---|---|
| Every car in the data | 1.8% of tests record it — this model is 2.7× that share |
| The 291 models compared | 35 of 291, highest first |
| The model's own record | 131,854 tests · every year of the Sorento → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Kia Sorento 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 2004, 3.4% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2019, 0.7%. The share has fallen 2.7 points over that time. Worst year 2008 at 8.1%; best 2017 at 0.4%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 142 | 4,160 | 3.4% |
| 2005 | 457 | 7,194 | 6.3% |
| 2006 | 867 | 13,536 | 6.4% |
| 2007 | 624 | 9,454 | 6.6% |
| 2008 | 576 | 7,138 | 8.1% |
| 2009 | 649 | 14,811 | 4.4% |
| 2010 | 420 | 14,186 | 3.0% |
| 2011 | 332 | 18,783 | 1.8% |
| 2012 | 423 | 22,248 | 1.9% |
| 2013 | 616 | 24,474 | 2.5% |
| 2014 | 428 | 21,742 | 2.0% |
| 2015 | 314 | 42,567 | 0.7% |
| 2016 | 172 | 22,046 | 0.8% |
| 2017 | 82 | 21,248 | 0.4% |
| 2018 | 127 | 18,366 | 0.7% |
| 2019 | 133 | 18,180 | 0.7% |
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
- Linkage ball joint excessively worn: every model, every year → — the item's own page, with the part guide.
- Kia Sorento MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Kia model →