| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Registration plate issues | 62 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 48 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 16 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 16 |
| Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 15 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 8 |
| Offside Front Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 7 |
| Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 7 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 6 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 5 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 5 |
| Central Rear Seat belt buckle not functioning as intended (7.1.2 (d)) | 4 |
| Offside Rear Seat belt buckle not functioning as intended (7.1.2 (d)) | 4 |
| Nearside Rear Seat belt buckle not functioning as intended (7.1.2 (d)) | 3 |
| Nearside Front Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 3 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 3 |
| Offside Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) | 2 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii)) | 2 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Front Windscreen damaged and affecting the drivers view of the road (3.2 (a) (ii)) | 2 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Offside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 2 |
| Offside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 2 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Offside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Central Rear Seat belt buckle missing (7.1.2 (d)) | 1 |
| Offside Rear Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Offside Rear Other passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle (6.2.3 (a)) | 1 |
| Offside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Subframe mounting prescribed area is inadequately repaired front lower arm mounting bracket (5.3.6 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn front arm (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Rear Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Rear Upper Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Upper Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Upper Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Brake performance not tested (1.2.1 (g)) | 1 |
| Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 1 |
| Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Brake pipe connection leaking on a hydraulic braking system brake cailper bleed nipple/loose (1.1.11 (b) (ii)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Road wheel fixing missing wheel bolt missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Bumper damaged and likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted (6.1.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 1 |
| Offside Front fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fractured This wheel has been weld repaired before and is cracked in the same place of the repair (5.2.2 (a)) | 1 |
| Windscreen seriously discoloured and affecting the drivers view of the road (3.2 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Upper Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn brake reaction arm (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Side repeater not working mirror repeater (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Offside Side repeater not working mirror repeater (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Stop lamp(s) remains on when the brakes are released (4.3.2 (a) (iii)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 1 |
| Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn Both front bushes leaking (hydro bush) (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Exhaust emissions exceed default limit of 0.7m-1 (8.2.2.2 (b)) | 1 |
| 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)) | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Inner Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp lens seriously defective (4.1.1 (b) (ii)) | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Exhaust system insecure (6.1.2 (a)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Suspension component leaking (5.3.5 (c)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Suspension component leaking Bushing also perishing (5.3.5 (c)) | 1 |
| Central Upper Stop lamp(s) not working LED unit in spoiler. (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing Locking wheel bolt missing. (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction Indicating a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 1 |
| Offside Side repeater not working led unit in door mirror (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Seat belt flexible stalk damaged (7.1.2 (b) (i)) | 1 |
| Boot lid component damaged and likely to cause injury Boot lid has a Sharpe foreign body stuck out OSR Top (6.2.1 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Central Front Windscreen in an unacceptable condition (3.2 (c) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn Front Arm (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Obligatory mirror seriously damaged, affecting the rear view glass smashed (3.3 (b) (ii)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Body component damaged and likely to cause injury damaged door mirror body has sharp edge (6.2.1 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn hydro bush leaking (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn hydro bush leaking (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fractured cracked on weld (5.2.2 (a)) | 1 |
| Offside Direction indicator not working mirror (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Central Rear Seat belt missing stalk missing (7.1.2 (a)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn THRUST ARM LEAKING (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn Hydrobush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn front (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn rear (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Windscreen damaged and affecting the drivers view of the road (3.2 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn upper/front (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 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 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Track rod end ball joint dust cover insecure so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (2.1.3 (g) (ii)) | 1 |
| Offside All direction indicators not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Windscreen damaged and affecting the drivers view of the road (3.2 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Steering column has excessive movement up and down (2.2.2 (a)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Front fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn Front Bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn brake reaction arm (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Track rod end ball joint dust cover insecure so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (2.1.3 (g) (ii)) | 1 |
| Rear fog lamp obviously incorrectly positioned (4.5.4 (a)) | 1 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect both sides (4.1.2 (c)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Inner Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn split / leaking (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Inner Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| 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)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn front bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn LEAKING (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm damaged and seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i)) | 1 |
| Electronic parking brake control inoperative (1.1.6 (d)) | 1 |
| Offside Windscreen in such a condition that visibility through swept area is seriously affected (3.2 (c) (ii)) | 1 |
| Windscreen in an unacceptable condition (3.2 (c) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn Towards the front (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Rear Headlamp levelling device inoperative Level link broken (4.1.5 (a)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn Lower rear arm (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Fuel system component leaking excessively or a risk of fire filter (6.1.3 (b) (ii)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Electronic braking system warning device indicates a fault (1.7 (b)) | 1 |
| Central Rear Trailer electrical socket (13 pin) not operating the trailer lamps as intended (4.10 (c) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Rear Seat belt buckle not functioning as intended Middle row (7.1.2 (d)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Steering locking device missing (2.1.3 (d)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Steering locking device missing (2.1.3 (d)) | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Seat belt not functioning as intended (7.1.2 (c)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Side repeater not working door mirror type (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Hazard warning lamps inoperative side repeater not working / door mirror type (4.4.1 (e)) | 1 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Fuel tank leaking (6.1.3 (b) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Drive shaft joint excessively worn (6.1.7 (c) (i)) | 1 |
| Brake hydraulic reservoir cap missing (1.1.10 (e)) | 1 |