Ball joint excessively worn on the Nissan Qashqai

Ball joint excessively worn on the Nissan Qashqai is recorded on 155,493 tests — 7.4% of all its MOT tests, against 3.1% across every car in the data. That is 2.4× 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 2.4× that share
The 358 models compared	44 of 358, 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, 5.3% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2018, 0.3%. The share has fallen 5.1 points over that time. Worst year 2008 at 5.4%; best 2018 at 0.3%.

Year	Failures recorded	Tests	Share of tests
2007	6,125	115,158	5.3%
2008	8,686	159,855	5.4%
2009	14,863	276,657	5.4%
2010	19,618	377,700	5.2%
2011	19,906	408,042	4.9%
2012	22,084	493,605	4.5%
2013	20,761	545,199	3.8%
2014	13,944	501,018	2.8%
2015	13,821	612,912	2.3%
2016	9,659	621,543	1.6%
2017	3,862	615,894	0.6%
2018	1,278	475,899	0.3%

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 Qashqai MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
Every Nissan model →