Wheel bearings has excessive play on the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter
Wheel bearings has excessive play on the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter is recorded on 1,744 tests — 2.1% of all its MOT tests, against 0.6% across every car in the data. That is 3.5× 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 3.5× that share |
| The 252 models compared | 31 of 252, highest first |
| The model's own record | 81,825 tests · every year of the Sprinter → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 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, 3.0% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2017, 0.2%. The share has fallen 2.8 points over that time. Worst year 2005 at 4.6%; best 2017 at 0.2%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 78 | 2,600 | 3.0% |
| 2001 | 143 | 4,514 | 3.2% |
| 2002 | 144 | 6,108 | 2.4% |
| 2003 | 204 | 6,384 | 3.2% |
| 2004 | 242 | 10,665 | 2.3% |
| 2005 | 306 | 6,704 | 4.6% |
| 2006 | 156 | 6,478 | 2.4% |
| 2007 | 51 | 7,582 | 0.7% |
| 2008 | 33 | 8,416 | 0.4% |
| 2009 | 27 | 3,021 | 0.9% |
| 2010 | 58 | 7,714 | 0.8% |
| 2011 | 38 | 7,612 | 0.5% |
| 2012 | 54 | 8,884 | 0.6% |
| 2013 | 59 | 8,686 | 0.7% |
| 2014 | 58 | 10,282 | 0.6% |
| 2015 | 50 | 11,214 | 0.5% |
| 2017 | 9 | 4,381 | 0.2% |
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.
- Mercedes-Benz Sprinter MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Mercedes-Benz model →