| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 1390 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 539 |
| Registration plate issues | 449 |
| Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 417 |
| Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 402 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 318 |
| Nearside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 170 |
| Offside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 160 |
| Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |6.1.7 |g| |ii|| | 114 |
| Brake pipe excessively corroded | 102 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 100 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 94 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 92 |
| Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 64 |
| Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |6.1.7 |g| |ii|| | 60 |
| Nearside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |6.1.7 |g| |ii|| | 58 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 57 |
| Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour (4.4.3 (a)) | 56 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 55 |
| Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour (4.4.3 (a)) | 52 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 52 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 50 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 45 |
| Headlamp levelling device inoperative (4.1.5 (a)) | 43 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.2.2 |g|| | 40 |
| Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 40 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 39 |
| Nearside Rear Headlamp levelling device inoperative (4.1.5 (a)) | 38 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 38 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault | 37 |
| Windscreen has damage | 34 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 32 |
| Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 32 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 32 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 31 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 30 |
| Offside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |6.1.7 |g| |ii|| | 29 |
| Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative (4.1.6 (a) (ii)) | 29 |
| Offside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 28 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 26 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 24 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 24 |
| Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt split (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 23 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 22 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 22 |
| Nearside Front Outer Front constant velocity joint gaiter damaged to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc |2.5.C.1a| | 21 |
| Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 21 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 21 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.1.2 |h|| | 20 |
| Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 20 |
| Central Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases (6.1.2 (a)) | 20 |