Ball joint excessively worn on the Renault Trafic
Ball joint excessively worn on the Renault Trafic is recorded on 39,703 tests — 9.4% of all its MOT tests, against 3.1% across every car in the data. That is 3.0× 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 3.0× that share |
| The 358 models compared | 21 of 358, highest first |
| The model's own record | 420,397 tests · every year of the Trafic → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Renault Trafic 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, 4.6% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2022, 0.5%. The share has fallen 4.0 points over that time. Worst year 2006 at 5.7%; best 2021 at 0.5%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 336 | 7,332 | 4.6% |
| 2003 | 935 | 17,400 | 5.4% |
| 2004 | 1,496 | 28,671 | 5.2% |
| 2005 | 1,987 | 35,226 | 5.6% |
| 2006 | 2,740 | 47,976 | 5.7% |
| 2007 | 2,507 | 51,468 | 4.9% |
| 2008 | 2,313 | 49,014 | 4.7% |
| 2009 | 1,670 | 36,528 | 4.6% |
| 2010 | 2,891 | 63,048 | 4.6% |
| 2011 | 3,563 | 76,449 | 4.7% |
| 2012 | 2,384 | 55,230 | 4.3% |
| 2013 | 1,695 | 52,500 | 3.2% |
| 2014 | 2,203 | 82,032 | 2.7% |
| 2015 | 2,714 | 128,619 | 2.1% |
| 2016 | 2,315 | 143,973 | 1.6% |
| 2017 | 3,136 | 104,706 | 3.0% |
| 2018 | 2,639 | 80,637 | 3.3% |
| 2019 | 1,444 | 88,002 | 1.6% |
| 2020 | 405 | 45,738 | 0.9% |
| 2021 | 218 | 44,679 | 0.5% |
| 2022 | 61 | 11,370 | 0.5% |
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.
- Renault Trafic MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Renault model →