Linkage ball joint excessively worn on the Volvo V70

Linkage ball joint excessively worn on the Volvo V70 is recorded on 6,190 tests — 4.2% 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	46 of 291, highest first
The model's own record	146,306 tests · every year of the V70 →

A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Volvo V70 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, 3.1% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2016, 0.4%. The share has fallen 2.7 points over that time. Worst year 2000 at 3.1%; best 2016 at 0.4%.

Year	Failures recorded	Tests	Share of tests
2000	310	9,918	3.1%
2001	335	12,308	2.7%
2002	634	26,997	2.4%
2003	531	19,566	2.7%
2004	537	33,831	1.6%
2005	628	25,854	2.4%
2006	328	29,829	1.1%
2007	467	30,303	1.5%
2008	806	37,089	2.2%
2009	652	41,538	1.6%
2010	322	30,999	1.0%
2011	230	22,521	1.0%
2012	118	11,256	1.1%
2013	83	12,358	0.7%
2014	85	13,660	0.6%
2015	90	20,649	0.4%
2016	33	7,629	0.4%

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.
Volvo V70 MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
Every Volvo model →