Linkage ball joint excessively worn on the SEAT Altea
Linkage ball joint excessively worn on the SEAT Altea is recorded on 3,080 tests — 6.0% of all its MOT tests, against 1.8% across every car in the data. That is 3.3× 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 3.3× that share |
| The 291 models compared | 24 of 291, highest first |
| The model's own record | 51,016 tests · every year of the Altea → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every SEAT Altea 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 2005, 2.6% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2015, 1.1%. The share has fallen 1.4 points over that time. Worst year 2005 at 2.6%; best 2015 at 1.1%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 121 | 4,694 | 2.6% |
| 2006 | 273 | 13,728 | 2.0% |
| 2007 | 576 | 22,314 | 2.6% |
| 2008 | 417 | 19,122 | 2.2% |
| 2009 | 391 | 16,941 | 2.3% |
| 2010 | 226 | 14,418 | 1.6% |
| 2011 | 335 | 13,884 | 2.4% |
| 2012 | 407 | 16,806 | 2.4% |
| 2013 | 178 | 8,994 | 2.0% |
| 2014 | 71 | 5,072 | 1.4% |
| 2015 | 55 | 4,845 | 1.1% |
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.
- SEAT Altea MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every SEAT model →