| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Registration plate issues | 218 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 208 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 130 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 80 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 60 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 57 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 42 |
| Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 28 |
| Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 22 |
| Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c)) | 15 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 15 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 14 |
| Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 14 |
| Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 14 |
| Windscreen damaged and affecting the drivers view of the road (3.2 (a) (ii)) | 13 |
| Offside Rear Lower Coil spring mounting corroded and seriously weakened (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 11 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 11 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 9 |
| Nearside Rear Lower Coil spring mounting corroded and seriously weakened (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 8 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring mounting corroded and seriously weakened (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 8 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits (8.2.1.2 (b)) | 7 |
| Electronic braking system warning device indicates a fault (1.7 (b)) | 6 |
| Emissions not tested (8.2.1.2 (d)) | 6 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturers specified limits (8.2.1.2 (a)) | 6 |
| Offside Front Upper Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 6 |
| Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative (4.1.6 (a) (ii)) | 5 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds default limits (8.2.1.2 (b)) | 5 |
| Brake performance not tested (1.2.1 (g)) | 5 |
| Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 5 |
| Exhaust hydrocarbon content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits (8.2.1.2 (b)) | 5 |
| Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 5 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring mounting corroded and seriously weakened (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 5 |
| Exhaust hydrocarbon content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturers specified limits (8.2.1.2 (a)) | 4 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 4 |
| Offside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 4 |
| Nearside Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative (4.1.6 (a) (ii)) | 4 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 4 |