| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 75 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 56 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 33 |
| Registration plate issues | 32 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 21 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 14 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 13 |
| Offside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 11 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 11 |
| Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7| | 10 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel cracked |4.2.A.1a| | 9 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 8 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 8 |
| Offside Front Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively damaged or deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (2.1.3 (g) (ii)) | 7 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i|| | 7 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 7 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 7 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 7 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 6 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i|| | 5 |
| Offside Front Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively damaged or deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.1.3 |g| |ii|| | 5 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii)) | 5 |
| Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively damaged or deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (2.1.3 (g) (ii)) | 5 |
| Offside Rear Road wheel cracked |4.2.A.1a| | 5 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured |5.2.2 |a|| | 5 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements |1.4.2 |a| |i|| | 4 |
| Offside Rear Road wheel fractured |5.2.2 |a|| | 4 |
| Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 4 |
| Nearside Rear Inner Road wheel fractured |5.2.2 |a|| | 4 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn front (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 3 |
| Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i)) | 3 |
| Offside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 3 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 3 |
| Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 3 |
| Horn not working (7.7 (a) (ii)) | 3 |
| Nearside Rear Inner Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 3 |
| Windscreen damaged and affecting the drivers view of the road (3.2 (a) (ii)) | 3 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 3 |
| Nearside Headlamp cleaning device inoperative |1.7.2| | 3 |
| Offside Front Headlamp cleaning device inoperative |1.7.2| | 3 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 3 |
| Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative |4.1.6 |a| |ii|| | 3 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault |7.1.6 |a|| | 3 |
| Offside Rear Inner Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 3 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn front (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.2.2 |g|| | 2 |
| Horn not working |1.6.2a| | 2 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.1.2 |h|| | 2 |
| Nearside Rear Wheel bearing has excessive play (5.1.3 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 2 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel has a welding defect (5.2.2 (a)) | 2 |
| Electronic parking brake warning indicates a malfunction (1.1.6 (e)) | 2 |
| Rear parking brake recording little or no effort | 2 |
| Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 2 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing |5.2.1 |a| |i|| | 2 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn front bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn front bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement |2.4.G.2| | 2 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement |2.4.G.2| | 2 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a| | 2 |
| Windscreen washer jets misaligned and not providing sufficient fluid to the windscreen (3.5 (a)) | 2 |
| Offside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a| | 2 |
| Offside Front Headlamp not working on main beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 2 |
| Nearside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 2 |
| Offside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 2 |
| Offside Side repeater not working |1.4.A.2c| | 2 |
| Offside Front Side repeater not working |1.4.A.2c| | 2 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 2 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn front arm (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Nearside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i)) | 2 |
| Fuel system component leaking (6.1.3 (b) (i)) | 2 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured |4.2.B.1a| | 2 |
| Offside Rear Road wheel fractured |4.2.B.1a| | 2 |
| Nearside Front Inner Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 2 |
| Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.2.C.1c| | 2 |
| Offside Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative |4.1.6 |a| |ii|| | 2 |
| Offside Front Torque/reaction arm has a deteriorated rubber bush resulting in excessive movement |2.4.G.2| | 2 |
| Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f| | 2 |
| Nearside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 2 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn forward bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn forward bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Front brake excessively fluctuating | 2 |