Linkage ball joint dust cover deteriorated on the Toyota Rav-4
Linkage ball joint dust cover deteriorated on the Toyota Rav-4 is recorded on 2,545 tests — 2.3% of all its MOT tests, against 0.6% across every car in the data. That is 3.8× 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 3.8× that share |
| The 240 models compared | 13 of 240, 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, 2.6% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2014, 1.1%. The share has fallen 1.5 points over that time. Worst year 2009 at 3.1%; best 2014 at 1.1%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 75 | 2,852 | 2.6% |
| 2002 | 97 | 4,686 | 2.1% |
| 2003 | 132 | 6,796 | 1.9% |
| 2004 | 140 | 9,212 | 1.5% |
| 2005 | 173 | 11,422 | 1.5% |
| 2006 | 341 | 11,828 | 2.9% |
| 2007 | 279 | 9,840 | 2.8% |
| 2008 | 170 | 6,171 | 2.8% |
| 2009 | 177 | 5,691 | 3.1% |
| 2010 | 391 | 12,713 | 3.1% |
| 2011 | 283 | 11,645 | 2.4% |
| 2012 | 128 | 6,296 | 2.0% |
| 2013 | 99 | 4,855 | 2.0% |
| 2014 | 51 | 4,567 | 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 dust cover 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 →