Linkage ball joint excessively worn on the Toyota Rav-4
Linkage ball joint excessively worn on the Toyota Rav-4 is recorded on 4,506 tests — 4.1% of all its MOT tests, against 1.8% 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 | 1.8% of tests record it — this model is 2.3× that share |
| The 291 models compared | 47 of 291, 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 2000, 2.0% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2014, 0.2%. The share has fallen 1.8 points over that time. Worst year 2001 at 3.9%; best 2014 at 0.2%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 41 | 2,004 | 2.0% |
| 2001 | 221 | 5,704 | 3.9% |
| 2002 | 388 | 14,058 | 2.8% |
| 2003 | 623 | 20,388 | 3.1% |
| 2004 | 765 | 27,636 | 2.8% |
| 2005 | 1,032 | 34,266 | 3.0% |
| 2006 | 442 | 23,656 | 1.9% |
| 2007 | 259 | 29,520 | 0.9% |
| 2008 | 150 | 18,513 | 0.8% |
| 2009 | 110 | 17,073 | 0.6% |
| 2010 | 212 | 38,139 | 0.6% |
| 2011 | 133 | 34,935 | 0.4% |
| 2012 | 73 | 18,888 | 0.4% |
| 2013 | 37 | 14,565 | 0.3% |
| 2014 | 20 | 9,134 | 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 £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 excessively worn: 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 →