| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 2946 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 684 |
| Registration plate issues | 646 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 451 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 387 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 353 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 275 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 232 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 161 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a| | 158 |
| Offside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3| | 149 |
| Nearside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3| | 148 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a| | 139 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 135 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault | 134 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.2.2 |g|| | 134 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 110 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.1.2 |h|| | 99 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 99 |
| Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 95 |
| Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 94 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a| | 91 |
| Headlamp levelling device inoperative (4.1.5 (a)) | 82 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a| | 81 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 78 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 77 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2| | 73 |
| Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault |5.4.2| | 72 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 71 |
| Nearside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 70 |
| Nearside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a| | 69 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a| | 67 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 66 |
| Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 65 |
| Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault (7.12 (e)) | 64 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 64 |
| Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 63 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2| | 63 |
| Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 62 |
| Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a| | 61 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 60 |
| Nearside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 59 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 57 |
| Offside Headlamp cleaning device inoperative |1.7.2| | 55 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 54 |
| Windscreen has damage | 53 |
| Offside Headlamp cleaning device obviously defective |1.7.2| | 53 |
| Nearside Rear Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 52 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 49 |
| Headlamp levelling device obviously defective |1.7.2| | 48 |
| Offside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a| | 47 |
| Nearside Headlamp cleaning device obviously defective |1.7.2| | 47 |
| Nearside Headlamp cleaning device inoperative |1.7.2| | 46 |
| Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a| | 45 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 45 |
| Front passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle |6.2.B.1b| | 43 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 43 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 43 |
| Nearside Front Front passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle (6.2.3 (a)) | 43 |
| Offside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 41 |
| Nearside Front Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a| | 40 |
| Offside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a| | 40 |
| Headlamp cleaning device inoperative |1.7.2| | 39 |
| Front passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle (6.2.3 (a)) | 38 |
| Offside Rear Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 38 |
| Headlamp levelling device inoperative |1.7.2| | 38 |
| Nearside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b| | 37 |
| Offside Front Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a| | 36 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2| | 36 |
| Front brake excessively fluctuating | 35 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 35 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 35 |
| Offside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 35 |
| Offside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 33 |