| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 104 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 59 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 57 |
| Registration plate issues | 49 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 20 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 15 |
| Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 13 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 10 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault |7.1.6 |a|| | 9 |
| Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 7 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 7 |
| Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 7 |
| Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i)) | 6 |
| Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 5 |
| Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 5 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii)) | 5 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel badly distorted (5.2.2 (c) (i)) | 5 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel badly distorted (5.2.2 (c) (i)) | 5 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 5 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel badly distorted |5.2.2 |c| |i|| | 4 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 4 |
| Horn not working (7.7 (a) (ii)) | 4 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 4 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 4 |
| Nearside Side repeater not working |4.4.1 |a| |ii|| | 4 |
| Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 3 |
| Offside Front Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 3 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 3 |
| Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 3 |
| Offside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 3 |
| Offside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 3 |
| Front Windscreen washer jets misaligned and not providing sufficient fluid to the windscreen (3.5 (a)) | 3 |
| Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault |5.4.2| | 3 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.1.2 |h|| | 3 |
| Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 3 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 3 |
| Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect |4.1.2 |c|| | 2 |
| Offside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 2 |
| Nearside Rear Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 2 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 2 |
| Nearside Rear Inner Road wheel fractured |5.2.2 |a|| | 2 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel badly distorted |5.2.2 |c| |i|| | 2 |
| Offside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Nearside Front Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 2 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel bead rim badly distorted |4.2.A.1a| | 2 |
| Nearside Front Macpherson strut top bush or bearing has excessive wear or free play (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Offside Rear Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) | 2 |
| Nearside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating |1.2.1 |e|| | 2 |
| Offside Front Macpherson strut top bush or bearing has excessive wear or free play (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Offside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 2 |
| Nearside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Windscreen damaged and affecting the driver`s view of the road |3.2 |a| |ii|| | 2 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured |5.2.2 |a|| | 2 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 2 |