Wheel bearings has excessive play on the Renault Scenic
Wheel bearings has excessive play on the Renault Scenic is recorded on 2,520 tests — 1.7% of all its MOT tests, against 0.6% across every car in the data. That is 2.8× 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 2.8× that share |
| The 252 models compared | 39 of 252, highest first |
| The model's own record | 145,797 tests · every year of the Scenic → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Renault Scenic 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, 0.8% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2017, 0.2%. The share has fallen 0.6 points over that time. Worst year 2014 at 1.9%; best 2005 at 0.2%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 24 | 2,978 | 0.8% |
| 2003 | 29 | 6,024 | 0.5% |
| 2004 | 25 | 5,200 | 0.5% |
| 2005 | 17 | 7,574 | 0.2% |
| 2006 | 51 | 16,880 | 0.3% |
| 2007 | 75 | 24,610 | 0.3% |
| 2008 | 82 | 21,326 | 0.4% |
| 2009 | 136 | 15,266 | 0.9% |
| 2010 | 377 | 72,030 | 0.5% |
| 2011 | 278 | 32,578 | 0.8% |
| 2012 | 185 | 20,784 | 0.9% |
| 2013 | 304 | 22,770 | 1.3% |
| 2014 | 449 | 24,272 | 1.9% |
| 2015 | 407 | 22,412 | 1.8% |
| 2016 | 26 | 7,554 | 0.3% |
| 2017 | 16 | 7,372 | 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 £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 Scenic MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Renault model →