Wheel bearings has excessive play on the Nissan Elgrand
Wheel bearings has excessive play on the Nissan Elgrand is recorded on 1,527 tests — 3.2% of all its MOT tests, against 0.6% across every car in the data. That is 5.3× 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 5.3× that share |
| The 252 models compared | 21 of 252, highest first |
| The model's own record | 48,135 tests · every year of the Elgrand → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Nissan Elgrand 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 2002, 2.6% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2021, 1.1%. The share has fallen 1.5 points over that time. Worst year 2016 at 3.3%; best 2007 at 0.7%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 60 | 2,316 | 2.6% |
| 2003 | 85 | 3,294 | 2.6% |
| 2004 | 92 | 5,286 | 1.7% |
| 2005 | 106 | 9,020 | 1.2% |
| 2006 | 103 | 11,685 | 0.9% |
| 2007 | 101 | 15,531 | 0.7% |
| 2008 | 74 | 10,548 | 0.7% |
| 2009 | 48 | 4,770 | 1.0% |
| 2010 | 43 | 5,326 | 0.8% |
| 2011 | 42 | 3,226 | 1.3% |
| 2012 | 27 | 2,278 | 1.2% |
| 2015 | 92 | 3,152 | 2.9% |
| 2016 | 137 | 4,110 | 3.3% |
| 2017 | 111 | 4,808 | 2.3% |
| 2018 | 75 | 3,546 | 2.1% |
| 2019 | 72 | 3,854 | 1.9% |
| 2020 | 47 | 4,324 | 1.1% |
| 2021 | 42 | 3,764 | 1.1% |
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.
- Nissan Elgrand MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Nissan model →