Wheel bearings has excessive play on the London Taxis Int TX4
Wheel bearings has excessive play on the London Taxis Int TX4 is recorded on 2,367 tests — 5.3% of all its MOT tests, against 0.6% across every car in the data. That is 8.8× 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 8.8× that share |
| The 252 models compared | 10 of 252, highest first |
| The model's own record | 44,719 tests · every year of the TX4 → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every London Taxis Int TX4 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 2007, 2.6% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2017, 1.0%. The share has fallen 1.6 points over that time. Worst year 2008 at 3.9%; best 2017 at 1.0%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 132 | 5,145 | 2.6% |
| 2008 | 117 | 2,968 | 3.9% |
| 2009 | 127 | 4,610 | 2.8% |
| 2010 | 135 | 6,360 | 2.1% |
| 2011 | 201 | 7,990 | 2.5% |
| 2012 | 203 | 10,455 | 1.9% |
| 2013 | 256 | 11,196 | 2.3% |
| 2014 | 482 | 24,264 | 2.0% |
| 2015 | 377 | 21,996 | 1.7% |
| 2016 | 223 | 11,216 | 2.0% |
| 2017 | 104 | 10,788 | 1.0% |
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.
- London Taxis Int TX4 MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every London Taxis Int model →