Wheel bearings has excessive play on the Suzuki Jimny
Wheel bearings has excessive play on the Suzuki Jimny is recorded on 3,779 tests — 4.6% of all its MOT tests, against 0.6% across every car in the data. That is 7.7× the national share.
Is this unusual for this model?
| Compared with | What it says |
|---|---|
| Every car in the data | 0.6% of tests record it — this model is 7.7× that share |
| The 252 models compared | 13 of 252, highest first |
| The model's own record | 81,784 tests · every year of the Jimny → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Suzuki Jimny 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 2000, 2.1% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2020, 0.2%. The share has fallen 1.9 points over that time. Worst year 2003 at 3.3%; best 2020 at 0.2%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 151 | 7,140 | 2.1% |
| 2001 | 215 | 9,366 | 2.3% |
| 2002 | 329 | 14,289 | 2.3% |
| 2003 | 414 | 12,676 | 3.3% |
| 2004 | 476 | 22,371 | 2.1% |
| 2005 | 370 | 12,570 | 2.9% |
| 2006 | 336 | 17,427 | 1.9% |
| 2007 | 377 | 17,943 | 2.1% |
| 2008 | 208 | 8,394 | 2.5% |
| 2009 | 145 | 6,040 | 2.4% |
| 2010 | 76 | 4,850 | 1.6% |
| 2011 | 85 | 5,286 | 1.6% |
| 2012 | 107 | 6,288 | 1.7% |
| 2013 | 70 | 6,292 | 1.1% |
| 2014 | 85 | 5,942 | 1.4% |
| 2015 | 124 | 6,792 | 1.8% |
| 2016 | 81 | 10,611 | 0.8% |
| 2017 | 71 | 6,300 | 1.1% |
| 2018 | 35 | 4,908 | 0.7% |
| 2019 | 18 | 7,304 | 0.3% |
| 2020 | 6 | 2,678 | 0.2% |
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 £20–£55 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
- Wheel bearings has excessive play: every model, every year → — the item's own page, with the part guide.
- Suzuki Jimny MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Suzuki model →