Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated on the Nissan Qashqai
Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated on the Nissan Qashqai is recorded on 89,387 tests — 4.3% of all its MOT tests, against 1.3% across every car in the data. That is 3.3× the national share.
Is this unusual for this model?
| Compared with | What it says |
|---|---|
| Every car in the data | 1.3% of tests record it — this model is 3.3× that share |
| The 300 models compared | 22 of 300, highest first |
| The model's own record | 2,089,595 tests · every year of the Qashqai → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Nissan Qashqai 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, 2.3% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2020, 0.2%. The share has fallen 2.1 points over that time. Worst year 2014 at 7.9%; best 2020 at 0.2%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 885 | 38,386 | 2.3% |
| 2008 | 1,195 | 53,285 | 2.2% |
| 2009 | 1,890 | 92,219 | 2.0% |
| 2010 | 2,229 | 125,900 | 1.8% |
| 2011 | 6,273 | 136,014 | 4.6% |
| 2012 | 11,294 | 164,535 | 6.9% |
| 2013 | 12,378 | 181,733 | 6.8% |
| 2014 | 13,187 | 167,006 | 7.9% |
| 2015 | 13,423 | 204,304 | 6.6% |
| 2016 | 13,292 | 207,181 | 6.4% |
| 2017 | 8,911 | 205,298 | 4.3% |
| 2018 | 2,908 | 158,633 | 1.8% |
| 2019 | 1,207 | 162,832 | 0.7% |
| 2020 | 228 | 100,031 | 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 £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 dust cover severely deteriorated: every model, every year → — the item's own page, with the part guide.
- Nissan Qashqai MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Nissan model →