Play in steering rack inner joint on the SEAT Ibiza
Play in steering rack inner joint on the SEAT Ibiza is recorded on 31,650 tests — 4.5% of all its MOT tests, against 1.6% 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 | 1.6% of tests record it — this model is 2.8× that share |
| The 325 models compared | 32 of 325, highest first |
| The model's own record | 710,421 tests · every year of the Ibiza → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every SEAT Ibiza 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 2003, 1.8% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2020, 0.3%. The share has fallen 1.5 points over that time. Worst year 2013 at 11.4%; best 2016 at 0.3%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 67 | 3,648 | 1.8% |
| 2004 | 189 | 4,783 | 4.0% |
| 2005 | 288 | 5,929 | 4.9% |
| 2006 | 492 | 10,890 | 4.5% |
| 2007 | 831 | 15,625 | 5.3% |
| 2008 | 1,641 | 21,944 | 7.5% |
| 2009 | 1,694 | 35,211 | 4.8% |
| 2010 | 1,986 | 41,177 | 4.8% |
| 2011 | 2,658 | 54,192 | 4.9% |
| 2012 | 3,997 | 52,267 | 7.7% |
| 2013 | 7,187 | 63,212 | 11.4% |
| 2014 | 6,614 | 74,056 | 8.9% |
| 2015 | 3,089 | 67,621 | 4.6% |
| 2016 | 185 | 68,317 | 0.3% |
| 2017 | 156 | 58,073 | 0.3% |
| 2018 | 229 | 45,620 | 0.5% |
| 2019 | 195 | 37,977 | 0.5% |
| 2020 | 81 | 24,540 | 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 £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.
- SEAT Ibiza MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every SEAT model →