| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Registration plate issues | 65 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 55 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 38 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 13 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 10 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 10 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 9 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 9 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 8 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 7 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 6 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 6 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 5 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 5 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 5 |
| Headlamp cleaning device inoperative |1.7.2| | 5 |
| Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault |5.4.2| | 4 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault |7.1.6 |a|| | 4 |
| Nearside Front Wheel bolt|s| missing |4.2.A.1e| | 4 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel cracked |4.2.A.1a| | 4 |
| Nearside Rear Wheel bolt|s| missing |4.2.A.1e| | 4 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 4 |
| Exhaust emissions exceed manufacturers specified limit (8.2.2.2 (a)) | 3 |
| Nearside Rear Inner Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 3 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect |1.8.A.1b| | 3 |
| Offside Front Wheel bolt|s| missing |4.2.A.1e| | 3 |
| Nearside Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative (4.1.6 (a) (ii)) | 3 |
| Offside Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative (4.1.6 (a) (ii)) | 3 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 3 |
| Offside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 3 |
| Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 3 |
| Offside Front Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 3 |
| Nearside Front Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a| | 3 |
| Front brake excessively fluctuating | 3 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 3 |
| Offside Front Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a| | 2 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.2.2 |g|| | 2 |
| Offside Front Headlamp cleaning device inoperative |1.7.2| | 2 |
| Nearside Headlamp cleaning device obviously defective |1.7.2| | 2 |
| Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i)) | 2 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp cleaning device inoperative |1.7.2| | 2 |
| Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative (4.1.6 (a) (ii)) | 2 |
| Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 2 |
| Offside Rear Wheel bolt|s| missing |4.2.A.1e| | 2 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative (4.1.6 (a) (ii)) | 2 |
| Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 2 |
| Offside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 2 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |4.1.1 |a| |ii|| | 2 |
| Offside Front Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative |4.1.6 |a| |ii|| | 2 |
| Rear Prop shaft flexible coupling excessively deteriorated (6.1.7 (d) (i)) | 2 |
| Rear brake binding | 2 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2| | 2 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 2 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 2 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension component ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension component ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn Rear most arm (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn Rear most arm (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Nearside Front Valve stem seriously damaged |4.1.D.1e| | 2 |
| Offside Front Headlamp cleaning device obviously defective |1.7.2| | 2 |
| Offside Rear Road wheel cracked |4.2.A.1a| | 2 |