| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Registration plate lamp issues | 378 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 356 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 214 |
| Registration plate issues | 157 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 36 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 32 |
| Nearside Headlamp cleaning device inoperative |1.7.2| | 26 |
| Headlamp cleaning device inoperative |1.7.2| | 25 |
| Offside Headlamp cleaning device inoperative |1.7.2| | 22 |
| Windscreen has damage | 20 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 19 |
| Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative (4.1.6 (a) (ii)) | 17 |
| Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7| | 14 |
| Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 14 |
| Power steering fluid level below minimum |2.3.1| | 13 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault | 13 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 13 |
| Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault |5.4.2| | 12 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 12 |
| Offside Rear Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 12 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 12 |
| Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative |4.1.6 |a| |ii|| | 11 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii)) | 11 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 10 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 9 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 9 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 9 |
| Offside Rear Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2| | 8 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 8 |
| Rear parking brake recording little or no effort | 8 |
| Nearside Rear Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 8 |
| Offside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 8 |
| Front brake excessively fluctuating | 7 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement |2.4.G.2| | 7 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement |2.4.G.2| | 7 |
| Offside Front Headlamp cleaning device inoperative |1.7.2| | 7 |
| Brake hose excessively deteriorated | 7 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 7 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 7 |
| Exhaust emissions exceed default limit of 1.5m-1 (8.2.2.2 (b)) | 7 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 6 |
| Electronic parking brake warning indicates a malfunction |3.1.7| | 6 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel cracked |4.2.A.1a| | 6 |
| Brake pipe excessively corroded | 6 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 6 |
| Offside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 6 |
| Central Rear Seat belt buckle not functioning as intended (7.1.2 (d)) | 6 |
| Offside Front Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 6 |
| Nearside Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative (4.1.6 (a) (ii)) | 6 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 6 |
| Offside Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative (4.1.6 (a) (ii)) | 6 |
| Offside Front Upper Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 6 |