Track rod end dust cover damaged on the Land Rover Defender
Track rod end dust cover damaged on the Land Rover Defender is recorded on 8,702 tests — 3.4% of all its MOT tests, against 0.7% across every car in the data. That is 4.9× the national share.
Is this unusual for this model?
| Compared with | What it says |
|---|---|
| Every car in the data | 0.7% of tests record it — this model is 4.9× that share |
| The 204 models compared | 15 of 204, 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, 4.0% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2016, 0.7%. The share has fallen 3.2 points over that time. Worst year 2007 at 5.8%; best 2016 at 0.7%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 428 | 10,829 | 4.0% |
| 2001 | 466 | 11,287 | 4.1% |
| 2002 | 598 | 14,016 | 4.3% |
| 2003 | 670 | 16,084 | 4.2% |
| 2004 | 720 | 15,599 | 4.6% |
| 2005 | 501 | 15,186 | 3.3% |
| 2006 | 467 | 13,715 | 3.4% |
| 2007 | 825 | 14,303 | 5.8% |
| 2008 | 605 | 13,239 | 4.6% |
| 2009 | 471 | 12,481 | 3.8% |
| 2010 | 578 | 14,129 | 4.1% |
| 2011 | 427 | 14,069 | 3.0% |
| 2012 | 573 | 13,469 | 4.3% |
| 2013 | 601 | 14,974 | 4.0% |
| 2014 | 462 | 19,596 | 2.4% |
| 2015 | 268 | 21,653 | 1.2% |
| 2016 | 41 | 5,648 | 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
- Track rod end dust cover damaged: 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 →