Ball joint excessively worn on the Nissan Pathfinder
Ball joint excessively worn on the Nissan Pathfinder is recorded on 4,020 tests — 18.0% of all its MOT tests, against 3.1% across every car in the data. That is 5.8× the national share.
Is this unusual for this model?
| Compared with | What it says |
|---|---|
| Every car in the data | 3.1% of tests record it — this model is 5.8× that share |
| The 358 models compared | Highest rate of any of them |
| The model's own record | 22,325 tests · every year of the Pathfinder → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Nissan Pathfinder 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 2005, 8.0% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2014, 8.7%. The share has risen 0.6 points over that time. Worst year 2011 at 10.4%; best 2008 at 6.0%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 322 | 4,004 | 8.0% |
| 2006 | 665 | 6,840 | 9.7% |
| 2007 | 629 | 7,486 | 8.4% |
| 2008 | 340 | 5,625 | 6.0% |
| 2009 | 477 | 5,084 | 9.4% |
| 2010 | 312 | 3,620 | 8.6% |
| 2011 | 508 | 4,878 | 10.4% |
| 2012 | 286 | 3,184 | 9.0% |
| 2013 | 254 | 3,182 | 8.0% |
| 2014 | 227 | 2,622 | 8.7% |
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
- Ball joint excessively worn: every model, every year → — the item's own page, with the part guide.
- Nissan Pathfinder MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Nissan model →