| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 56 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 34 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 28 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 27 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii)) | 27 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 19 |
| Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 19 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 16 |
| Registration plate issues | 15 |
| Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7| | 13 |
| Nearside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 13 |
| Offside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 13 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 12 |
| Nearside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 10 |
| Offside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 9 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements |1.4.2 |a| |i|| | 9 |
| Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i)) | 7 |
| Offside Side repeater has less than 50% of the light sources illuminating |1.4.A.2c| | 7 |
| Offside Rear Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 7 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 7 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 7 |
| Offside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 6 |
| Offside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b| | 6 |
| Offside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 6 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 6 |
| Nearside Side repeater not working |1.4.A.2c| | 5 |
| Offside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b| | 5 |
| Nearside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b| | 5 |
| Nearside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b| | 5 |
| Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 5 |
| Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 5 |
| Nearside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 5 |
| Nearside Side repeater has less than 50% of the light sources illuminating |1.4.A.2c| | 4 |
| Offside Side repeater not working |1.4.A.2c| | 4 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.2.2 |g|| | 4 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring not correctly located |2.4.C.2| | 4 |
| Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 4 |
| Offside Rear Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b| | 4 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 4 |
| Nearside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 4 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value |1.4.2 |a| |ii|| | 4 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 3 |
| Nearside Parking brake inoperative on one side |1.4.1 |a|| | 3 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 3 |
| Nearside Front Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 3 |
| Rear parking brake recording little or no effort | 3 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 2 |
| Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault (7.12 (e)) | 2 |
| Offside Front Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 2 |
| Nearside Rear Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Front brake application uneven | 2 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working side light |4.2.1 |a|| | 2 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Offside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 2 |
| Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 2 |
| Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 2 |
| Nearside Rear Other passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle (6.2.3 (a)) | 2 |
| Nearside Rear Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 2 |
| Offside Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Offside Front Upper Macpherson strut mounting likely to fail bearing seized (5.3.3 (b) (ii)) | 2 |
| Nearside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3| | 2 |
| Nearside Rear Position lamp with a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 2 |
| Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault |7.12 |e|| | 2 |
| Offside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side |1.4.1 |a|| | 2 |
| Nearside Front front brake binding |3.7.B.1| | 2 |
| Offside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working |4.2.1 |a|| | 2 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 2 |
| Nearside Stop lamp|s| not working |4.3.1 |a| |ii|| | 2 |