Wheel bearings has excessive play on the Land Rover Defender
Wheel bearings has excessive play on the Land Rover Defender is recorded on 15,966 tests — 6.2% of all its MOT tests, against 0.6% across every car in the data. That is 10.3× 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 10.3× that share |
| The 252 models compared | 8 of 252, 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, 3.8% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2016, 0.7%. The share has fallen 3.2 points over that time. Worst year 2000 at 3.8%; best 2016 at 0.7%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,243 | 32,487 | 3.8% |
| 2001 | 1,066 | 33,861 | 3.1% |
| 2002 | 1,315 | 42,048 | 3.1% |
| 2003 | 1,490 | 48,252 | 3.1% |
| 2004 | 1,782 | 46,797 | 3.8% |
| 2005 | 1,415 | 45,558 | 3.1% |
| 2006 | 1,127 | 41,145 | 2.7% |
| 2007 | 1,290 | 42,909 | 3.0% |
| 2008 | 1,166 | 39,717 | 2.9% |
| 2009 | 794 | 24,962 | 3.2% |
| 2010 | 781 | 42,387 | 1.8% |
| 2011 | 541 | 28,138 | 1.9% |
| 2012 | 437 | 40,407 | 1.1% |
| 2013 | 346 | 29,948 | 1.2% |
| 2014 | 481 | 58,788 | 0.8% |
| 2015 | 615 | 64,959 | 0.9% |
| 2016 | 73 | 11,296 | 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 £20–£55 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
- Wheel bearings has excessive play: 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 →