Wheel bearings has excessive play on the Mitsubishi L200
Wheel bearings has excessive play on the Mitsubishi L200 is recorded on 10,830 tests — 3.6% of all its MOT tests, against 0.6% across every car in the data. That is 6.0× 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 6.0× that share |
| The 252 models compared | 15 of 252, highest first |
| The model's own record | 299,746 tests · every year of the L200 → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Mitsubishi L200 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 2001, 5.9% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2015, 0.4%. The share has fallen 5.5 points over that time. Worst year 2002 at 6.0%; best 2015 at 0.4%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 193 | 3,262 | 5.9% |
| 2002 | 380 | 6,306 | 6.0% |
| 2003 | 948 | 18,891 | 5.0% |
| 2004 | 1,364 | 26,457 | 5.2% |
| 2005 | 1,940 | 34,533 | 5.6% |
| 2006 | 1,821 | 58,350 | 3.1% |
| 2007 | 1,008 | 32,188 | 3.1% |
| 2008 | 443 | 31,461 | 1.4% |
| 2009 | 361 | 19,454 | 1.9% |
| 2010 | 476 | 43,827 | 1.1% |
| 2011 | 478 | 48,828 | 1.0% |
| 2012 | 259 | 22,546 | 1.1% |
| 2013 | 219 | 28,482 | 0.8% |
| 2014 | 373 | 35,072 | 1.1% |
| 2015 | 287 | 71,187 | 0.4% |
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.
- Mitsubishi L200 MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Mitsubishi model →