| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Registration plate lamp issues | 7 |
| Brake pipe excessively corroded | 5 |
| Rear parking brake recording little or no effort | 4 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 4 |
| Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7| | 4 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 2 |
| Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2| | 2 |
| Service brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7| | 2 |
| Offside Rear Body has a sharp edge caused by corrosion |6.1.C.1| | 2 |
| Offside Rear Brake hose twisted |3.6.B.4c| | 1 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 1 |
| Nearside Brake cable has restricted free movement |3.5.1k| | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Rear reflector missing |1.5.1a| | 1 |
| Mechanical brake component securing device missing |3.5.1i| | 1 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 1 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 1 |
| Nearside Seat belt locking mechanism does not secure or release |5.2.5a| | 1 |
| Stop lamp not working NEARSIDE AND OFFSIDE |1.2.1b| | 1 |
| Battery insecure |1.9.1| | 1 |
| Offside Rear Direction indicator adversely affected by the operation of another lamp |1.4.A.2h| | 1 |
| Body has a sharp edge caused by corrosion WHEEL ARCHES FRONT AND REAR |6.1.C.1| | 1 |
| Rear Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings BOX SECTION |6.1.B.2| | 1 |
| Nearside Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings SILL |6.1.B.2| | 1 |
| Offside Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings SILL |6.1.B.2| | 1 |
| brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened NEARSIDE AND OFFSIDE CORRODED |3.5.1i| | 1 |
| Emissions not tested VEHICLE HAS A FAULTY THROTLE LINKAGE |7.3.A.1| | 1 |
| Nearside Rear position lamp|s| incorrect colour |1.1.A.3e| | 1 |
| Offside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b| | 1 |
| Offside Side repeater missing |1.4.A.2b| | 1 |
| Nearside Outer Rear position lamp|s| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance |1.1.A.3d| | 1 |
| Offside Front Front wheel bearing rough when rotated |2.5.A.2| | 1 |
| Exhaust has part of the system excessively deteriorated |7.1.1a| | 1 |
| Exhaust has a part missing |7.1.1a| | 1 |
| Windscreen has damage | 1 |
| Nearside Front Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded |5.2.6| | 1 |
| Offside Front Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded |5.2.6| | 1 |
| Offside Headlamp aim aimed so that it dazzles other road users |1.8.A.1a| | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Body has a sharp edge caused by corrosion |6.1.C.1| | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3| | 1 |
| Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3| | 1 |
| Horn not working |1.6.2a| | 1 |
| Offside Rear position lamp|s| incomplete |1.1.4a| | 1 |
| Offside Stop lamp excessively damaged so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance |1.2.1d| | 1 |