Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated on the Toyota Rav-4
Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated on the Toyota Rav-4 is recorded on 3,295 tests — 3.0% of all its MOT tests, against 1.3% across every car in the data. That is 2.3× the national share.
Is this unusual for this model?
| Compared with | What it says |
|---|---|
| Every car in the data | 1.3% of tests record it — this model is 2.3× that share |
| The 300 models compared | 41 of 300, highest first |
| The model's own record | 109,644 tests · every year of the Rav-4 → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Toyota Rav-4 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 2001, 2.7% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2014, 1.5%. The share has fallen 1.3 points over that time. Worst year 2006 at 3.9%; best 2014 at 1.5%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 78 | 2,852 | 2.7% |
| 2002 | 134 | 4,686 | 2.9% |
| 2003 | 168 | 6,796 | 2.5% |
| 2004 | 333 | 9,212 | 3.6% |
| 2005 | 203 | 11,422 | 1.8% |
| 2006 | 456 | 11,828 | 3.9% |
| 2007 | 358 | 9,840 | 3.6% |
| 2008 | 189 | 6,171 | 3.1% |
| 2009 | 200 | 5,691 | 3.5% |
| 2010 | 452 | 12,713 | 3.6% |
| 2011 | 344 | 11,645 | 3.0% |
| 2012 | 195 | 6,296 | 3.1% |
| 2013 | 83 | 4,855 | 1.7% |
| 2014 | 67 | 4,567 | 1.5% |
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
- Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated: every model, every year → — the item's own page, with the part guide.
- Toyota Rav-4 MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Toyota model →