Swivel pin or bush excessively worn on the Land Rover Defender
Swivel pin or bush excessively worn on the Land Rover Defender is recorded on 3,881 tests — 1.5% of all its MOT tests, against 0.6% across every car in the data. That is 2.5× 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 2.5× that share |
| The 136 models compared | 22 of 136, 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, 0.8% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2015, 0.4%. The share has fallen 0.4 points over that time. Worst year 2004 at 1.2%; best 2014 at 0.3%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 256 | 32,487 | 0.8% |
| 2001 | 226 | 22,574 | 1.0% |
| 2002 | 347 | 42,048 | 0.8% |
| 2003 | 434 | 48,252 | 0.9% |
| 2004 | 376 | 31,198 | 1.2% |
| 2005 | 420 | 45,558 | 0.9% |
| 2006 | 322 | 41,145 | 0.8% |
| 2007 | 250 | 28,606 | 0.9% |
| 2008 | 260 | 26,478 | 1.0% |
| 2009 | 267 | 37,443 | 0.7% |
| 2010 | 124 | 28,258 | 0.4% |
| 2011 | 127 | 28,138 | 0.5% |
| 2012 | 105 | 26,938 | 0.4% |
| 2014 | 116 | 39,192 | 0.3% |
| 2015 | 156 | 43,306 | 0.4% |
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
- Swivel 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 →