| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 81 |
| Registration plate issues | 74 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 67 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 43 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 29 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel cracked |4.2.A.1a| | 26 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 25 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 25 |
| Offside Rear Road wheel cracked |4.2.A.1a| | 22 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 17 |
| Offside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 16 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 16 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements |1.4.2 |a| |i|| | 15 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 12 |
| Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7| | 11 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 9 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured |5.2.2 |a|| | 8 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 8 |
| Offside Rear Road wheel fractured |5.2.2 |a|| | 8 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 8 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii)) | 8 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 8 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 7 |
| Offside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 7 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 6 |
| Nearside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a| | 6 |
| Nearside Rear Wheel bolt|s| missing |4.2.A.1e| | 6 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn front (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 6 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement |2.4.G.2| | 5 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 5 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn front (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 5 |
| Nearside Rear Inner Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 5 |
| Nearside Rear Inner Road wheel cracked |4.2.A.1a| | 5 |
| Nearside Front Wheel bolt|s| missing |4.2.A.1e| | 5 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement |2.4.G.2| | 4 |
| Offside Headlamp cleaning device inoperative |1.7.2| | 4 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i|| | 4 |
| Offside Rear Inner Road wheel cracked |4.2.A.1a| | 4 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i|| | 4 |
| Offside Rear Inner Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 3 |
| Windscreen has a sticker or other obstruction encroaching into the swept area by more than 40mm outside zone `A` |8.3.1e| | 3 |
| Offside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 3 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 3 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured |4.2.B.1a| | 3 |
| Offside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a| | 3 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn front arm (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 3 |
| Offside Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative (4.1.6 (a) (ii)) | 3 |