Linkage pin or bush excessively worn on the Land Rover Defender

Linkage pin or bush excessively worn on the Land Rover Defender is recorded on 2,540 tests — 1.0% of all its MOT tests, against 0.5% across every car in the data. That is 2.0× the national share.

Is this unusual for this model?

Compared with	What it says
Every car in the data	0.5% of tests record it — this model is 2.0× that share
The 170 models compared	44 of 170, highest first
The model's own record	256,078 tests · every year of the Defender →

A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Land Rover Defender 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, 0.5% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2016, 0.5%. The share has barely moved over that time. Worst year 2010 at 0.8%; best 2015 at 0.3%.

Year	Failures recorded	Tests	Share of tests
2000	109	21,658	0.5%
2001	78	22,574	0.3%
2002	104	28,032	0.4%
2003	127	32,168	0.4%
2004	97	31,198	0.3%
2005	108	30,372	0.4%
2006	93	27,430	0.3%
2007	151	28,606	0.5%
2008	179	39,717	0.5%
2009	145	24,962	0.6%
2010	215	28,258	0.8%
2011	308	42,207	0.7%
2012	234	40,407	0.6%
2013	179	29,948	0.6%
2014	179	39,192	0.5%
2015	183	64,959	0.3%
2016	51	11,296	0.5%

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 £40–£150 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

Linkage pin or bush excessively worn: every model, every year → — the item's own page, with the part guide.
Land Rover Defender MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
Every Land Rover model →