| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Registration plate lamp issues | 123 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 115 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 79 |
| Registration plate issues | 56 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 26 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 16 |
| Nearside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b| | 15 |
| Electronic parking brake warning indicates a malfunction |3.1.7| | 14 |
| Windscreen has damage | 12 |
| Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7| | 10 |
| Offside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b| | 8 |
| Brake hose damaged | 7 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault | 7 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.2.2 |g|| | 6 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a| | 6 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 5 |
| Electronic parking brake warning indicates a malfunction |1.1.6 |e|| | 5 |
| Nearside Headlamp cleaning device inoperative |1.7.2| | 5 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.1.2 |h|| | 5 |
| Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative (4.1.6 (a) (ii)) | 5 |
| Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 5 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 5 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii)) | 4 |
| Rear parking brake recording little or no effort | 4 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a| | 4 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a| | 4 |
| Offside Headlamp cleaning device inoperative |1.7.2| | 4 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 4 |
| Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 4 |
| Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 4 |
| Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault |7.12 |e|| | 4 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 4 |
| Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 4 |
| Front Headlamp cleaning device inoperative |1.7.2| | 4 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a| | 4 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage pin or bush excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i|| | 4 |
| Headlamp cleaning device inoperative |1.7.2| | 4 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a| | 4 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on main beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 3 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 3 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2| | 3 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 3 |
| Front brake excessively fluctuating | 3 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 3 |
| Offside Front Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b| | 3 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value |1.4.2 |a| |ii|| | 3 |
| Offside Headlamp cleaning device obviously defective |1.7.2| | 3 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 3 |