| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 759 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 659 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 401 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 309 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 151 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 141 |
| Registration plate issues | 137 |
| Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 125 |
| Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 100 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 69 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 65 |
| Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c)) | 55 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 53 |
| Offside Rear Lower Coil spring mounting corroded and seriously weakened (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 45 |
| Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 38 |
| Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 38 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring mounting corroded and seriously weakened (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 29 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 28 |
| Electronic braking system warning device indicates a fault (1.7 (b)) | 28 |
| Nearside Rear Lower Coil spring mounting corroded and seriously weakened (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 25 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturers specified limits (8.2.1.2 (a)) | 25 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits (8.2.1.2 (b)) | 24 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 21 |
| Offside Front Upper Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 20 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds manufacturers specified limits (8.2.1.2 (b)) | 19 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault | 18 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring mounting damaged and seriously weakened (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 17 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 17 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 16 |
| Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 16 |
| Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has negligible damping effect (5.3.2 (d)) | 16 |
| Exhaust hydrocarbon content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturers specified limits (8.2.1.2 (a)) | 16 |
| Offside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 16 |
| Offside Rear Lower Coil spring mounting damaged and seriously weakened (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 15 |
| Offside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 15 |
| Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i)) | 15 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds default limits (8.2.1.2 (b)) | 14 |
| Nearside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 14 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault |7.1.6 |a|| | 14 |
| Nearside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 13 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring mounting corroded and seriously weakened (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 13 |
| Offside Rear Shock absorbers has negligible damping effect (5.3.2 (d)) | 13 |