| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Registration plate lamp issues | 6 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 5 |
| Rear parking brake recording little or no effort | 4 |
| Nearside Front Direction indicator incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f| | 3 |
| Offside Front Direction indicator incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f| | 3 |
| Transmission brake efficiency below requirements |3.8.A.9/10| | 3 |
| Offside Rear fog lamp not working |1.3.2b| | 3 |
| Ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f| | 2 |
| Rear Rear fog lamp not working |1.3.2b| | 2 |
| Registration plate issues | 2 |
| Offside Front Side repeater not working |1.4.A.2c| | 2 |
| Rear brake binding | 2 |
| Exhaust has a mounting that does not fully support the exhaust system |6.3.1b| | 2 |
| Offside Rear fog lamp not in good working order |not working| |1.1.6b| | 2 |
| Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in an upper ball joint |2.5.B.1a| | 2 |
| Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7| | 2 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 2 |
| Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f| | 1 |
| Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f| | 1 |
| Front passenger door does not latch securely closed |6.2.B.1a| | 1 |
| Service brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.2.2 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases (6.1.2 (a)) | 1 |
| Offside Rear Vehicle structure or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of a body mounting at leaf spring hangers (6.2.2 (d) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Vehicle structure or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of a body mounting inner sill (6.2.2 (d) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Vehicle structure or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of a body mounting outer sill (6.2.2 (d) (i)) | 1 |
| Emissions unable to be completed (8.2.1.2 (d)) | 1 |
| Front passenger door cannot be opened from inside the vehicle |6.2.B.1b| | 1 |
| Nearside Drag link end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Upper Front suspension has excessive play in an upper ball joint |2.5.B.1a| | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Direction indicators incorrect colour |1.5.1d| | 1 |
| Offside Rear Direction indicators incorrect colour |1.5.1d| | 1 |
| Brake pipe excessively corroded | 1 |
| Rear Rear fog lamp not in good working order |not working| |1.1.6b| | 1 |
| Brake master cylinder fluid level below minimum level |3.6.G.1e| | 1 |
| Brake master cylinder leaking hydraulic fluid |3.6.G.1f| | 1 |
| Nearside Parking brake not fitted on at least two wheels |3.1.1| | 1 |
| Offside Brake back plate|s| securing device excessively deteriorated |3.5.1j| | 1 |
| Fuel system component insecure |7.2.1| | 1 |
| Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.C.1b| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Outer Track rod end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f| | 1 |
| Offside Front Upper Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bearing |2.4.G.2| | 1 |
| Drag link end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Side repeater missing |1.4.A.2b| | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Seat belt has a cut which has significantly weakened the webbing |5.2.2a| | 1 |
| Offside Rear Seat belt has a cut which has significantly weakened the webbing |5.2.2a| | 1 |
| Rear fog lamp switch missing |1.3.1a| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2| | 1 |
| Offside Front Upper Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2| | 1 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2| | 1 |
| Rear fog lamp missing |1.3.2a| | 1 |
| Rear brake disc excessively pitted |3.5.1h| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2| | 1 |
| Offside Rear Anti-roll bar has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b| | 1 |
| Parking brake lever has no reserve travel |3.1.6b| | 1 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a| | 1 |
| Rear brake disc excessively pitted |3.5.1g| | 1 |
| Centre Exhaust has part of the system excessively deteriorated |6.3.1a| | 1 |
| Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour |1.5.1d| | 1 |
| Offside Front Tie bar/rod attachment bracket fractured |2.4.G.5| | 1 |
| Offside Headlamp insecure |1.7.3| | 1 |
| Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in an lower ball joint |2.5.B.1a| | 1 |
| Offside Front suspension has excessive play in an lower ball joint |2.5.B.1a| | 1 |
| Service brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7| | 1 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits (8.2.1.2 (b)) | 1 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds default limits (8.2.1.2 (b)) | 1 |
| Exhaust catalytic converter missing where one was fitted as standard (8.2.1.1 (a)) | 1 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Offside Stop lamp|s| not working |4.3.1 |a| |ii|| | 1 |
| Headlamp aim so that beam "kick up" is not visible on the screen both |4.1.2 |a|| | 1 |
| Exhaust catalytic converter missing where one was fitted as standard |8.2.1.1 |a|| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Upper Suspension component ball joint excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i|| | 1 |
| Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a upper suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Drag link end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f| | 1 |
| Nearside Windscreen wiper blade deteriorated |6.1.2| | 1 |
| Offside Windscreen wiper blade deteriorated |6.1.2| | 1 |
| Statutory seat belt of the wrong type |5.1.A.1| | 1 |
| Rear Statutory seat belt of the wrong type |5.1.A.1| | 1 |
| Offside Obligatory mirror seriously damaged affecting the rear view |6.6.1b| | 1 |
| Offside Front suspension has excessive play in an upper ball joint |2.5.B.1a| | 1 |
| Nearside Outer Track rod end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f| | 1 |
| Rear Seat belt locking mechanism does not secure or release |5.2.5a| | 1 |
| Offside Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2| | 1 |
| Offside Inner Track rod end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f| | 1 |
| Offside Outer Track rod end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f| | 1 |
| Centre Exhaust system not adequately supported |7.1.1| | 1 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 1 |
| Offside rear brake recording little or no effort |3.7.B.5a| | 1 |