| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 634 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 464 |
| Registration plate issues | 349 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 265 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 237 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 164 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 94 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 53 |
| Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative (4.1.6 (a) (ii)) | 30 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 24 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 22 |
| Nearside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 20 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 19 |
| Offside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 18 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 18 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 17 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 17 |
| Windscreen damaged and affecting the drivers view of the road (3.2 (a) (ii)) | 16 |
| Electronic braking system warning device indicates a fault (1.7 (b)) | 16 |
| Offside Rear Lower Coil spring mounting damaged and seriously weakened (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 16 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 15 |
| Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 14 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring mounting corroded and seriously weakened (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 14 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring mounting damaged and seriously weakened (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 14 |
| Nearside Rear Lower Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 13 |
| Offside Rear Lower Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 12 |
| Nearside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 12 |
| Offside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 12 |
| Nearside Rear Lower Coil spring mounting damaged and seriously weakened (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 12 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 11 |
| Offside Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) | 11 |
| Offside Rear Rear reflector defective or damaged by more than 50% of the reflecting surface (4.8.1 (a) (ii)) | 11 |
| Brake performance unable to be tested (1.2.1 (g)) | 11 |
| Offside Rear Direction indicator not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 10 |