| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 5 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 4 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 3 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 2 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 2 |
| Offside Rear Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush |2.7.4| | 2 |
| Nearside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b| | 2 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Stop lamp(s) not working o/s/r and n/s/r (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Position lamp not working |4.2.1 |a|| | 1 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 1 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 1 |
| Registration plate issues | 1 |
| Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7| | 1 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Direction indicator adversely affected by the operation of another lamp |1.4.A.2h| | 1 |
| Offside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b| | 1 |
| Rear parking brake recording little or no effort | 1 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2| | 1 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2| | 1 |
| Brake pedal anti-slip provision missing |3.3.A.1b| | 1 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 1 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Parking brake inoperative on one side little or no effort (1.4.1 (a)) | 1 |
| Offside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side little or no effort (1.4.1 (a)) | 1 |
| Front Exhaust emissions likely to be affected by an exhaust leak flexi section (8.2.2.1 (b)) | 1 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Direction indicator not working |4.4.1 |a| |ii|| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 1 |
| Offside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3| | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Upper Shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush (5.3.2 (c)) | 1 |
| Offside Rear Upper Shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush (5.3.2 (c)) | 1 |
| Offside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a| | 1 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.2.2 |g|| | 1 |
| Oil leaking continuously from engine posing a serious risk to road safety (8.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Emissions not tested due to lack of engine oil (8.2.2.2 (e)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 1 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturers specified limits (8.2.1.2 (a)) | 1 |
| Exhaust hydrocarbon content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturers specified limits (8.2.1.2 (a)) | 1 |
| Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c)) | 1 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds manufacturers specified limits (8.2.1.2 (b)) | 1 |
| Parking brake lever defective so that it cannot be satisfactorily operated (1.1.6 (d)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush Top bush (5.3.2 (c)) | 1 |
| Offside Rear Shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush Top bush (5.3.2 (c)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2| | 1 |
| Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases Middle and rear (6.1.2 (a)) | 1 |
| Emissions unable to be completed Exhaust leak (8.2.1.2 (d)) | 1 |
| Nearside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Macpherson strut mounting damaged and seriously weakened Upper bearing seized (5.3.3 (b) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Macpherson strut mounting damaged and seriously weakened Upper bearing seized (5.3.3 (b) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |