| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 358 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 285 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 261 |
| Registration plate issues | 243 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 243 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 161 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 71 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 51 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 30 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 29 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 26 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 23 |
| Offside Rear Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) | 22 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 19 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 17 |
| Offside Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) | 15 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 14 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 13 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 12 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii)) | 12 |
| Offside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 10 |
| Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 9 |
| Windscreen damaged and affecting the drivers view of the road (3.2 (a) (ii)) | 9 |
| Nearside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 9 |
| Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 9 |
| Electronic braking system warning device indicates a fault (1.7 (b)) | 9 |
| Offside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 9 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 8 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 8 |
| Offside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 8 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on main beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 8 |
| Nearside Front Direction indicator not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 8 |
| Nearside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 8 |
| Offside Front Upper Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 8 |