Wheel bearings has excessive play on the Vauxhall Vivaro
Wheel bearings has excessive play on the Vauxhall Vivaro is recorded on 8,859 tests — 1.2% of all its MOT tests, against 0.6% across every car in the data. That is 2.0× 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 2.0× that share |
| The 252 models compared | 49 of 252, highest first |
| The model's own record | 731,991 tests · every year of the Vivaro → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Vauxhall Vivaro 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 2002, 1.9% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2016, 0.3%. The share has fallen 1.7 points over that time. Worst year 2002 at 1.9%; best 2015 at 0.2%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 124 | 6,350 | 1.9% |
| 2003 | 164 | 16,554 | 1.0% |
| 2004 | 366 | 48,591 | 0.8% |
| 2005 | 424 | 46,978 | 0.9% |
| 2006 | 606 | 89,700 | 0.7% |
| 2007 | 1,010 | 103,296 | 1.0% |
| 2008 | 662 | 102,264 | 0.7% |
| 2009 | 383 | 50,454 | 0.8% |
| 2010 | 709 | 81,492 | 0.9% |
| 2011 | 1,212 | 132,456 | 0.9% |
| 2012 | 585 | 109,233 | 0.5% |
| 2013 | 576 | 126,627 | 0.5% |
| 2014 | 502 | 155,907 | 0.3% |
| 2015 | 603 | 263,364 | 0.2% |
| 2016 | 385 | 151,444 | 0.3% |
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.
- Vauxhall Vivaro MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Vauxhall model →