How often does Radiator Springs Racers break down?

Over the last 90 days we recorded 190 real breakdown episodes for Radiator Springs Racers — about 14.8 per week, spread across 84 different days. These are observed status changes from live park data, not estimates.

How long is Radiator Springs Racers usually down when it breaks down?

The median recorded outage for Radiator Springs Racers lasted 13 minutes (average 32 minutes). The longest outage we observed in the last 90 days lasted 330 minutes, on 2026-09-05.

Radiator Springs Racers Reliability & Wait Patterns

Disney California Adventure · Based on 26290 wait-time samples

Data updated October 12, 2026 · refreshed weekly from the last 180 days

0.22

Volatility Index (typical within-day swing)

Stable — waits stay close to the day's average.

70m

Typical (p50) wait

105m

Busy (p90) wait

135m

Worst-case (p99)

165m

Highest (last 180 days)

Weekend vs Weekday

66m

Weekday average

64m

Weekend average

0.96×

Weekend multiplier

Real breakdown history (last 90 days)

Actual downtime episodes recorded by our live status tracker — every time Radiator Springs Racers flipped to DOWN and came back. Observed data, not estimates.

190

Recorded breakdowns

13m

Typical (median) outage

5h 30m

Longest outage (2026-09-05)

14.8

Breakdowns per week

Most recent outages

Date	Down for
2026-10-16	2h 14m
2026-10-16	17m
2026-10-16	9m
2026-10-15	10m
2026-10-15	9m
2026-10-15	9m
2026-10-14	6m
2026-10-14	12m

Episodes under 5 minutes are excluded as status flicker; the typical-outage figure also excludes rare multi-hour artifacts (>8h). Breakdowns hit 84 different days in this window.

Downtime by hour

Share of running time the ride was down for an unplanned breakdown, by hour of the day (park-local time). Scheduled closures and refurbishments are not counted.

0
10%

1
24%

8
9%

9
7%

10
7%

11
8%

12
5%

13
6%

14
7%

15
6%

16
7%

17
7%

18
7%

19
6%

20
7%

21
3%

22
4%

23
1%

Best & worst hours by day of week

Average standby wait (minutes). Green = lowest of day, red = highest.

DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	82	72	83	82	82	74	73	68	72	70	80	81	79	70	–
Tue	76	67	76	71	70	62	62	66	66	64	60	56	60	56	30
Wed	89	76	80	81	70	68	61	62	62	70	73	83	77	69	–
Thu	70	60	66	68	67	61	59	62	61	62	56	55	59	45	30
Fri	76	56	67	67	60	52	55	55	57	59	61	70	75	53	–
Sat	77	60	76	77	71	65	68	62	60	64	69	84	77	67	–
Sun	62	51	65	62	60	52	62	62	65	61	52	57	58	56	30

Weather effect on waits

How the wait changed in each kind of weather, compared with this ride at the same hour on the same weekday within three weeks. Only differences marked “clear signal” are larger than day-to-day noise.

-0m

Clear · 673 ride-hours · within noise

+0m

Cloudy · 304 ride-hours · within noise

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DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	82	72	83	82	82	74	73	68	72	70	80	81	79	70	–
Tue	76	67	76	71	70	62	62	66	66	64	60	56	60	56	30
Wed	89	76	80	81	70	68	61	62	62	70	73	83	77	69	–
Thu	70	60	66	68	67	61	59	62	61	62	56	55	59	45	30
Fri	76	56	67	67	60	52	55	55	57	59	61	70	75	53	–
Sat	77	60	76	77	71	65	68	62	60	64	69	84	77	67	–
Sun	62	51	65	62	60	52	62	62	65	61	52	57	58	56	30

DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	82	72	83	82	82	74	73	68	72	70	80	81	79	70	–
Tue	76	67	76	71	70	62	62	66	66	64	60	56	60	56	30
Wed	89	76	80	81	70	68	61	62	62	70	73	83	77	69	–
Thu	70	60	66	68	67	61	59	62	61	62	56	55	59	45	30
Fri	76	56	67	67	60	52	55	55	57	59	61	70	75	53	–
Sat	77	60	76	77	71	65	68	62	60	64	69	84	77	67	–
Sun	62	51	65	62	60	52	62	62	65	61	52	57	58	56	30

DOW	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Mon	82	72	83	82	82	74	73	68	72	70	80	81	79	70	–
Tue	76	67	76	71	70	62	62	66	66	64	60	56	60	56	30
Wed	89	76	80	81	70	68	61	62	62	70	73	83	77	69	–
Thu	70	60	66	68	67	61	59	62	61	62	56	55	59	45	30
Fri	76	56	67	67	60	52	55	55	57	59	61	70	75	53	–
Sat	77	60	76	77	71	65	68	62	60	64	69	84	77	67	–
Sun	62	51	65	62	60	52	62	62	65	61	52	57	58	56	30