Wheel bearings has excessive play on the Renault Megane
Wheel bearings has excessive play on the Renault Megane is recorded on 8,008 tests — 1.9% of all its MOT tests, against 0.6% across every car in the data. That is 3.2× 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 3.2× that share |
| The 252 models compared | 33 of 252, highest first |
| The model's own record | 411,704 tests · every year of the Megane → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Renault Megane 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 2000, 0.3% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2018, 0.3%. The share has barely moved over that time. Worst year 2014 at 1.3%; best 2018 at 0.3%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 8 | 3,008 | 0.3% |
| 2001 | 24 | 7,402 | 0.3% |
| 2002 | 50 | 17,025 | 0.3% |
| 2003 | 38 | 6,112 | 0.6% |
| 2004 | 30 | 8,770 | 0.3% |
| 2005 | 98 | 17,348 | 0.6% |
| 2006 | 155 | 42,237 | 0.4% |
| 2007 | 280 | 69,879 | 0.4% |
| 2008 | 276 | 65,298 | 0.4% |
| 2009 | 769 | 70,754 | 1.1% |
| 2010 | 1,010 | 189,810 | 0.5% |
| 2011 | 981 | 156,861 | 0.6% |
| 2012 | 827 | 71,650 | 1.1% |
| 2013 | 972 | 87,369 | 1.1% |
| 2014 | 1,091 | 86,667 | 1.3% |
| 2015 | 942 | 76,125 | 1.2% |
| 2016 | 190 | 35,382 | 0.5% |
| 2017 | 174 | 33,654 | 0.5% |
| 2018 | 50 | 20,211 | 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 £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.
- Renault Megane MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Renault model →