| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 3570 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 1611 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 1179 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 948 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 910 |
| Registration plate issues | 865 |
| Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 737 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 642 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 598 |
| Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 535 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 450 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 367 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 348 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 322 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 309 |
| Offside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 290 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 286 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 281 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 275 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 255 |
| Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 250 |
| Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 240 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 224 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 221 |
| Offside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3| | 200 |
| Nearside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3| | 187 |
| Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 187 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 176 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 174 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a| | 171 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a| | 157 |
| Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 151 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 143 |
| Windscreen has damage | 138 |
| Nearside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 137 |
| Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour (4.4.3 (a)) | 134 |
| Offside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 133 |
| Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault |5.4.2| | 132 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 126 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 116 |
| Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour (4.4.3 (a)) | 112 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault |7.1.6 |a|| | 106 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |4.1.1 |a| |ii|| | 104 |
| Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 104 |
| Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 104 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 101 |
| Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 101 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 99 |
| Nearside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a| | 99 |
| Offside Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 98 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a| | 97 |
| Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a| | 95 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |4.1.1 |a| |ii|| | 94 |
| Offside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a| | 84 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.2.2 |g|| | 79 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 73 |
| Nearside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect |1.8.A.1b| | 70 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam |4.1.1 |a| |ii|| | 69 |