Wheel bearings has excessive play on the Toyota Hiace
Wheel bearings has excessive play on the Toyota Hiace is recorded on 2,300 tests — 10.0% of all its MOT tests, against 0.6% across every car in the data. That is 16.7× 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 16.7× that share |
| The 252 models compared | 3 of 252, highest first |
| The model's own record | 23,078 tests · every year of the Hiace → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Toyota Hiace 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, 6.3% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2010, 2.9%. The share has fallen 3.4 points over that time. Worst year 2001 at 6.6%; best 2010 at 2.9%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 158 | 2,500 | 6.3% |
| 2001 | 196 | 2,990 | 6.6% |
| 2002 | 225 | 4,012 | 5.6% |
| 2003 | 285 | 4,680 | 6.1% |
| 2004 | 305 | 8,358 | 3.6% |
| 2005 | 382 | 6,350 | 6.0% |
| 2006 | 222 | 6,958 | 3.2% |
| 2007 | 120 | 3,284 | 3.6% |
| 2008 | 122 | 3,032 | 4.0% |
| 2010 | 71 | 2,421 | 2.9% |
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.
- Toyota Hiace MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Toyota model →