Suspension arm corroded on the Toyota Rav-4

Suspension arm corroded on the Toyota Rav-4 is recorded on 5,736 tests — 5.2% of all its MOT tests, against 1.4% across every car in the data. That is 3.7× the national share.

Is this unusual for this model?

Compared with	What it says
Every car in the data	1.4% of tests record it — this model is 3.7× that share
The 252 models compared	26 of 252, 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, 6.8% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2014, 0.9%. The share has fallen 6.0 points over that time. Worst year 2000 at 6.8%; best 2013 at 0.6%.

Year	Failures recorded	Tests	Share of tests
2000	137	2,004	6.8%
2001	200	5,704	3.5%
2002	332	9,372	3.5%
2003	412	13,592	3.0%
2004	535	18,424	2.9%
2005	501	22,844	2.2%
2006	923	23,656	3.9%
2007	570	19,680	2.9%
2008	359	12,342	2.9%
2009	283	11,382	2.5%
2010	721	25,426	2.8%
2011	441	23,290	1.9%
2012	222	12,592	1.8%
2013	60	9,710	0.6%
2014	40	4,567	0.9%

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 £35–£85 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

Suspension arm corroded: 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 →