| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 20 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 6 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 5 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 5 |
| Parking brake lever has no reserve travel |3.1.6b| | 4 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 4 |
| Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7| | 3 |
| Nearside Rear brake disc contaminated by oil |3.5.1h| | 3 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements |1.4.2 |a| |i|| | 3 |
| Offside Rear brake disc contaminated by oil |3.5.1h| | 2 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a| | 2 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a| | 2 |
| Rear brake binding | 2 |
| Registration plate issues | 2 |
| Rear brake application uneven | 2 |
| Nearside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b| | 2 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 2 |
| Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.C.1b| | 2 |
| Rear parking brake recording little or no effort | 2 |
| Horn not working |1.6.2a| | 2 |
| Horn not working (7.7 (a) (ii)) | 2 |
| Offside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 2 |
| Brake lever has insufficient reserve travel (1.1.2 (a)) | 2 |
| Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 2 |
| Nearside Front Wheel bearing has excessive play (5.1.3 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Indicator tell tale inoperative |1.4.A.2a| | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Drive shaft uj which forms part of the suspension has excessive play in a universal joint |2.4.G.4b| | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Drive shaft uj which forms part of the suspension has a loose flange bolt |2.4.G.4c| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2| | 1 |
| Braking system leaking brake pipe union from master cylinder to front pipe |3.6.A.1| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Torsion bar adjustment assembly inadequately locked |2.4.E.3| | 1 |
| Brake servo vacuum pipe kinked |3.6.C.1b| | 1 |
| Battery insecure |1.9.1| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.4.G.2| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.4.G.2| | 1 |
| Offside Front Upper Suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.4.G.2| | 1 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.4.G.2| | 1 |
| Nearside Headlamp aim not tested |1.8.A.1c| | 1 |
| Offside Headlamp aim not tested |1.8.A.1c| | 1 |
| Centre Bonnet retaining device ineffective |8.4.2| | 1 |
| Direction indicators not working |1.4.A.2c| | 1 |
| Offside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b| | 1 |
| Position lamp switch does not illuminate the front and rear position lamps with a single operation |1.1.A.2| | 1 |
| Offside Front Steering rack gaiter insecure |2.2.D.2d| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Front wheel bearing rough when rotated |2.5.A.2| | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Rear wheel bearing has excessive play |2.6.2| | 1 |
| Offside Rear Rear wheel bearing has excessive play |2.6.2| | 1 |
| Nearside Rear brake caliper locking device missing |3.5.1l| | 1 |
| Offside Rear brake caliper locking device missing |3.5.1l| | 1 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar attachment bracket/mounting insecure |2.4.G.1| | 1 |
| Nearside Rear position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b| | 1 |
| Offside Rear position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b| | 1 |
| Nearside Stop lamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp |1.2.1f| | 1 |
| Offside Stop lamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp |1.2.1f| | 1 |
| Nearside Steering rack gaiter insecure |2.2.D.2d| | 1 |
| Offside Rear brake disc contaminated by grease |3.5.1h| | 1 |
| Fuel hose insecure |7.2.1| | 1 |
| Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint bolt loose |2.4.G.2| | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Trailing arm insecure nut loose |2.4.G.1| | 1 |
| Offside Rear Trailing arm insecure nut loose |2.4.G.1| | 1 |
| Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.D.4| | 1 |
| Offside Track rod end loose |2.2.B.1d| | 1 |
| Offside Rear Wheel insecure |4.2.A.1c| | 1 |
| Brake pedal anti-slip provision missing |1.1.2 |c|| | 1 |
| Dipswitch operation does not extinguish all main beam headlamps leaving at least one pair of dipped beam headlamps |4.1.3 |b|| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Steering rack gaiter insecure |2.2.D.2d| | 1 |
| Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2| | 1 |
| Main beam tell-tale not working |4.9.1 |a| |ii|| | 1 |
| Air/vacuum reservoir drain device inoperative vacuum pipe sqauashed |1.1.9 |b| |ii|| | 1 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value |1.4.2 |a| |ii|| | 1 |
| Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect |4.1.2 |c|| | 1 |
| Offside Front Position lamp not working |4.2.1 |a| |ii|| | 1 |
| Front Headlamp not working on main beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Nearside Track rod end ball joint dust cover missing (2.1.3 (g) (ii)) | 1 |
| Offside Track rod end ball joint dust cover missing (2.1.3 (g) (ii)) | 1 |
| Lower Steering column universal joint insecure (2.1.3 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Rear Service brake grabbing severely (1.2.1 (c)) | 1 |
| Steering wheel rim fractured (2.2.1 (c) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Windscreen washer jets misaligned and not providing sufficient fluid to the windscreen (3.5 (a)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Hydraulic brake calliper inadequately mounted missing retaining device (1.1.16 (c) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Hydraulic brake calliper inadequately mounted missing retaining device (1.1.16 (c) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Upper Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Parking brake lever defective so that it cannot be satisfactorily operated (1.1.6 (d)) | 1 |
| Nearside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 1 |
| Steering column top bearing excessively worn (2.2.2 (b)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Steering rack fixing bolts missing (2.1.2 (c) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Steering rack has excessive free play detected at the steering wheel (steering rack fitted) rack arm inner joint (2.3 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Rear Stop lamp(s) all not working (4.3.1 (a) (iii)) | 1 |
| Front Front position lamp(s) not working (1.1.A.3b) | 1 |
| Offside Steering column retaining device insecure (2.1.6) | 1 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (1.7.5a) | 1 |
| Parking (secondary brake) on a single line braking system imbalanced across an axle Axle 1 (1.3.1 (b) (i)) | 1 |
| All direction indicators not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Upper Suspension component ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Stop lamp(s) all not working (4.3.1 (a) (iii)) | 1 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam (1.7.5a) | 1 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on main beam (1.7.5a) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement (2.4.G.2) | 1 |
| Offside Front Upper Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement (2.4.G.2) | 1 |
| Windscreen washer jets misaligned and not providing sufficient fluid to the windscreen (3.5 (a)) | 1 |
| Nearside Headlamp aim so that beam "kick up" is not visible on the screen (4.1.2 (a)) | 1 |
| Offside Headlamp aim so that beam "kick up" is not visible on the screen (4.1.2 (a)) | 1 |
| Steering wheel rim likely to become detached (2.2.1 (c) (ii)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 1 |
| Horn not working (7.7 (a)) | 1 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 1 |
| Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Offside Rear Engine mounting excessively loose (6.1.8 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Engine mounting excessively loose (6.1.8 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect beam kicks up to right )(Left hand drive Headlight (4.1.2 (c)) | 1 |
| Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Beam kicks up to right)( Left hand drive Headlight (4.1.2 (c)) | 1 |