| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 67 |
| Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7| | 60 |
| Brake pipe excessively corroded | 46 |
| Rear parking brake recording little or no effort | 32 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 18 |
| Registration plate issues | 15 |
| Parking brake lever has no reserve travel |3.1.6b| | 14 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 13 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 12 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 12 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault | 9 |
| Nearside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f| | 7 |
| Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f| | 7 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 6 |
| Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault |5.4.2| | 5 |
| Nearside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3| | 5 |
| Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.C.1b| | 5 |
| Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c)) | 5 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value |1.4.2 |a| |ii|| | 4 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii)) | 4 |
| Exhaust emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits |7.3.D.3| | 4 |
| Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f| | 4 |
| Front brake excessively fluctuating | 4 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 4 |
| Mechanical brake component has restricted free movement | 4 |
| Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f| | 4 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 4 |
| Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.D.4| | 3 |
| Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 3 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.1.2 |h|| | 3 |
| Offside Rear Exhaust system not adequately supported |7.1.1| | 3 |
| Nearside Rear Direction indicator not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 3 |
| Driver`s airbag obviously defective |5.4.1| | 2 |
| Brake performance not tested (1.2.1 (g)) | 2 |
| Brake pedal creeps down when held under pressure |3.3.B.1a| | 2 |
| Nearside Front front brake binding |3.7.B.1| | 2 |
| Offside Front front brake binding |3.7.B.1| | 2 |
| Offside Front Lower Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush |2.7.4| | 2 |
| Rear Exhaust system insecure (6.1.2 (a)) | 2 |
| Nearside Front Lower Shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush (5.3.2 (c)) | 2 |
| Offside Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2| | 2 |
| Offside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3| | 2 |
| Nearside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 2 |
| Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i)) | 2 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements |1.4.2 |a| |i|| | 2 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.4.G.2| | 2 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2| | 2 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 2 |
| Stop lamp remains on when the brakes are released | 2 |
| Front brake application uneven | 2 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a| | 2 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a| | 2 |
| Offside Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases (6.1.2 (a)) | 2 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 2 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 2 |
| Rear Mechanical brake component has restricted free movement | 2 |