Linkage ball joint excessively worn on the Land Rover Freelander
Linkage ball joint excessively worn on the Land Rover Freelander is recorded on 26,794 tests — 6.0% of all its MOT tests, against 1.8% across every car in the data. That is 3.3× 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 3.3× that share |
| The 291 models compared | 25 of 291, highest first |
| The model's own record | 444,821 tests · every year of the Freelander → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Land Rover Freelander 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, 3.3% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2014, 0.5%. The share has fallen 2.8 points over that time. Worst year 2001 at 3.6%; best 2014 at 0.5%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 110 | 3,386 | 3.3% |
| 2001 | 319 | 8,794 | 3.6% |
| 2002 | 629 | 26,355 | 2.4% |
| 2003 | 833 | 35,958 | 2.3% |
| 2004 | 1,380 | 57,027 | 2.4% |
| 2005 | 1,728 | 68,784 | 2.5% |
| 2006 | 1,657 | 73,722 | 2.3% |
| 2007 | 3,731 | 156,033 | 2.4% |
| 2008 | 2,447 | 122,319 | 2.0% |
| 2009 | 1,882 | 109,995 | 1.7% |
| 2010 | 3,321 | 156,324 | 2.1% |
| 2011 | 2,498 | 133,317 | 1.9% |
| 2012 | 2,767 | 113,079 | 2.5% |
| 2013 | 2,926 | 142,008 | 2.1% |
| 2014 | 564 | 120,543 | 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 £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.
- Land Rover Freelander MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Land Rover model →