Play in steering rack inner joint on the Renault Trafic
Play in steering rack inner joint on the Renault Trafic is recorded on 19,724 tests — 4.7% of all its MOT tests, against 1.6% across every car in the data. That is 2.9× the national share.
Is this unusual for this model?
| Compared with | What it says |
|---|---|
| Every car in the data | 1.6% of tests record it — this model is 2.9× that share |
| The 325 models compared | 27 of 325, 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, 14.2% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2022, 0.8%. The share has fallen 13.4 points over that time. Worst year 2003 at 15.9%; best 2021 at 0.3%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 347 | 2,444 | 14.2% |
| 2003 | 920 | 5,800 | 15.9% |
| 2004 | 1,259 | 9,557 | 13.2% |
| 2005 | 1,406 | 11,742 | 12.0% |
| 2006 | 2,307 | 15,992 | 14.4% |
| 2007 | 1,701 | 17,156 | 9.9% |
| 2008 | 1,653 | 16,338 | 10.1% |
| 2009 | 824 | 12,176 | 6.8% |
| 2010 | 1,194 | 21,016 | 5.7% |
| 2011 | 1,528 | 25,483 | 6.0% |
| 2012 | 1,142 | 18,410 | 6.2% |
| 2013 | 1,147 | 17,500 | 6.5% |
| 2014 | 1,105 | 27,344 | 4.0% |
| 2015 | 845 | 42,873 | 2.0% |
| 2016 | 836 | 47,991 | 1.7% |
| 2017 | 527 | 34,902 | 1.5% |
| 2018 | 440 | 26,879 | 1.6% |
| 2019 | 291 | 29,334 | 1.0% |
| 2020 | 105 | 15,246 | 0.7% |
| 2021 | 44 | 14,893 | 0.3% |
| 2022 | 46 | 5,685 | 0.8% |
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 £120–£300 fitted. It is a job for a garage, not a driveway. 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
- Play in steering rack inner joint: 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 →