| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 5 |
| Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7| | 4 |
| Offside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b| | 4 |
| Rear parking brake recording little or no effort | 4 |
| Offside Rear fog lamp not working |1.3.2b| | 3 |
| Rear fog lamp not working |1.3.2b| | 3 |
| Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2| | 2 |
| Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a| | 2 |
| Nearside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b| | 2 |
| Parking brake lever defective so that it cannot be satisfactorily operated |3.1.3c| | 2 |
| Nearside Side repeater not working |1.4.A.2c| | 2 |
| Offside Side repeater not working |1.4.A.2c| | 2 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 2 |
| Nearside Front Direction indicator not working |1.4.A.2c| | 2 |
| Offside Rear Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush |2.7.4| | 1 |
| Nearside Statutory seat belt of the wrong type. |5.1.1| | 1 |
| Offside Statutory seat belt of the wrong type. |5.1.1| | 1 |
| Nearside rear brake recording little or no effort |3.7.B.5a| | 1 |
| Offside Rear rear brake recording little or no effort |3.7.B.5a| | 1 |
| Horn not working |1.6.2a| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Lower Shock absorber insecure |2.7.2b| | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Fuel pipe leaking |7.2.3| | 1 |
| Parking brake is not capable of being maintained in operation by direct mechanical action only |3.1.2| | 1 |
| Hazard warning lamps inoperative |1.4.B.1b| | 1 |
| Fuel system component leaking |7.2.3| | 1 |
| Nearside front brake binding |3.7.B.1| | 1 |
| Front brake application uneven | 1 |
| Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f| | 1 |
| Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Drag link end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f| | 1 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 1 |
| Windscreen has damage | 1 |
| All position lamps not working |1.1.A.3b| | 1 |
| Brake pedal has no servo assistance |3.3.B.2| | 1 |
| Nearside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b| | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2| | 1 |
| Offside Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2| | 1 |
| Offside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on main beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Offside Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases os exhaust box has a hole resulting leaking of gases (6.1.2 (a)) | 1 |
| Central Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases exhaust pipe has multiple holes and split resulting in leaking of gases (6.1.2 (a)) | 1 |
| Offside Fuel tank insecure aux fuel tank is insecure no strap (6.1.3 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Front Seat belt of the wrong type both (7.1.2 (c)) | 1 |
| Offside Upper Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Lower 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 Upper 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 Rear fog lamp does not emit a steady red light |1.3.2e| | 1 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 1 |
| Rear brake binding | 1 |
| Front front brake binding |3.7.B.1| | 1 |
| Power steering malfunctioning |2.3.3a| | 1 |
| Offside Front Direction indicator not working |1.4.A.2c| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Shock absorber detached |2.7.2b| | 1 |
| Offside Front Shock absorber insecure |2.7.2b| | 1 |
| Service brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7| | 1 |
| Position lamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp O/S TAIL LIGHT GOES OUT WHEN BRAKE PRESSED (4.2.3 (c)) | 1 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect O/S HAS NO PATTERN (4.1.2 (c)) | 1 |
| Emissions unable to be completed DUE TO HOLE IN EXHAUST TAIL PIPE (8.2.1.2 (d)) | 1 |
| Front position lamp|s| incorrect colour |1.1.A.3e| | 1 |
| Rear fog lamp not working O/S/R FOG INOP (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect N/S HAS NO PATTERN (4.1.2 (c)) | 1 |
| Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases TAIL PIPE CORRODED / HOLED (6.1.2 (a)) | 1 |
| Direction indicator not working N/S/F INOP (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Stop lamp(s) not working O/S INOP (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 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 |
| Direction indicator not working O/S SIDE REPEATER INOP (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |