Linkage ball joint excessively worn on the Renault Trafic
Linkage ball joint excessively worn on the Renault Trafic is recorded on 29,866 tests — 7.1% of all its MOT tests, against 1.8% across every car in the data. That is 3.9× the national share.
Is this unusual for this model?
| Compared with | What it says |
|---|---|
| Every car in the data | 1.8% of tests record it — this model is 3.9× that share |
| The 291 models compared | 8 of 291, 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, 3.4% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2022, 0.3%. The share has fallen 3.2 points over that time. Worst year 2002 at 3.4%; best 2022 at 0.3%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 168 | 4,888 | 3.4% |
| 2003 | 386 | 17,400 | 2.2% |
| 2004 | 656 | 19,114 | 3.4% |
| 2005 | 839 | 35,226 | 2.4% |
| 2006 | 1,183 | 47,976 | 2.5% |
| 2007 | 1,258 | 51,468 | 2.4% |
| 2008 | 1,089 | 49,014 | 2.2% |
| 2009 | 842 | 36,528 | 2.3% |
| 2010 | 1,363 | 63,048 | 2.2% |
| 2011 | 1,626 | 76,449 | 2.1% |
| 2012 | 1,145 | 55,230 | 2.1% |
| 2013 | 1,018 | 52,500 | 1.9% |
| 2014 | 1,935 | 82,032 | 2.4% |
| 2015 | 4,429 | 128,619 | 3.4% |
| 2016 | 4,043 | 143,973 | 2.8% |
| 2017 | 3,035 | 104,706 | 2.9% |
| 2018 | 2,080 | 80,637 | 2.6% |
| 2019 | 1,926 | 88,002 | 2.2% |
| 2020 | 524 | 45,738 | 1.1% |
| 2021 | 269 | 44,679 | 0.6% |
| 2022 | 30 | 11,370 | 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
- Linkage 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 →