| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 37 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 19 |
| Registration plate issues | 17 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 11 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 9 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 7 |
| Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 6 |
| Rear Prop shaft flexible coupling excessively deteriorated (6.1.7 (d) (i)) | 5 |
| Offside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 5 |
| Nearside Rear Inner Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 4 |
| Electronic parking brake control inoperative (1.1.6 (d)) | 3 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 3 |
| Windscreen damaged and affecting the drivers view of the road (3.2 (a) (ii)) | 3 |
| Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 3 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii)) | 3 |
| Nearside Front Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 3 |
| Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 3 |
| Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 3 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Offside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 2 |
| Offside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 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 Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 2 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Front Bumper damaged and likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted (6.1.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Body panel damaged and likely to cause injury wing (6.2.1 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp insecure (4.1.1 (c)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 1 |
| Central Rear Towbar safety device not operating correctly Tow Hitch Warning On Dash "Check Tow Hitch" Found Tow Hitch not locking into place *automatic tow hitch (6.1.6 (d)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Windscreen damaged and affecting the drivers view of the road Windscreen has multiple chips and is cracked more than 5mm in Zone A (3.2 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Rear Towbar component defective (6.1.6 (a)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 1 |
| Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel badly distorted on outer rim (5.2.2 (c) (i)) | 1 |
| Oil leaking excessively from engine (8.4.1 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Side repeater missing mirror broken (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 1 |
| Prop shaft flexible coupling excessively deteriorated propshaft rear coupling (6.1.7 (d) (i)) | 1 |
| Central Rear Seat belt buckle not functioning as intended (7.1.2 (d)) | 1 |
| Reversing lamp inoperative (4.6.1 (a)) | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured cracked inner edge (5.2.2 (a)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Inner Road wheel fractured Cracked in 4 places (5.2.2 (a)) | 1 |
| Offside Rear Upper Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak (5.3.2 (b)) | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 1 |
| Rear Reversing lamp inoperative (4.6.1 (a)) | 1 |
| Offside Obligatory mirror does not provide a view to the rear (3.3 (c)) | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Inner Road wheel fractured rim (5.2.2 (a)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp light intensity significantly reduced (4.2.3 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Prop shaft flexible coupling excessively deteriorated front prop coupling (6.1.7 (d) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn front arm (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Rear Inner Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Rear Prop shaft flexible coupling excessively deteriorated split and fraying (6.1.7 (d) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Electronic parking brake control defective so that it cannot be satisfactorily operated (1.1.6 (d)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Bumper insecure (6.1.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn tie-bar (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 1 |
| Fuel cap/sealing device missing (6.1.3 (b) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Windscreen in an unacceptable condition Chip in zone A bigger than 10mm (3.2 (c) (i)) | 1 |
| Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases (6.1.2 (a)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Road wheel fractured inner sidewall (5.2.2 (a)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Inner Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured inner rim (5.2.2 (a)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Inner Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured inner well, marked with chalk (5.2.2 (a)) | 1 |
| Nearside Side repeater missing (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 1 |
| Central Rear Seat belt buckle missing under seat (7.1.2 (d)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured Inner rim cracked (5.2.2 (a)) | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured on inner bead (5.2.2 (a)) | 1 |
| Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases Flexi pipe has split completely in half (6.1.2 (a)) | 1 |
| Exhaust emissions likely to be affected by an exhaust leak Emissions test not carried out (8.2.2.1 (b)) | 1 |
| Oil leaking excessively from engine Entire under body of the vehicle is coated in oil. Dripping from multiple locations (8.4.1 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Emissions not tested (8.2.2.2 (e)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 1 |
| Offside Rear reflector missing (4.8.2 (a) (ii)) | 1 |