| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 3439 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 1780 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 386 |
| Parking brake lever has excessive movement indicating incorrect adjustment (1.1.6 (c)) | 285 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 228 |
| Brake lever has insufficient reserve travel (1.1.2 (a)) | 223 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii)) | 209 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 189 |
| Registration plate issues | 187 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturers specified limits (8.2.1.2 (a)) | 125 |
| Electronic parking brake control inoperative (1.1.6 (d)) | 125 |
| Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c)) | 76 |
| Electronic parking brake control defective so that it cannot be satisfactorily operated (1.1.6 (d)) | 75 |
| Offside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 62 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits (8.2.1.2 (b)) | 59 |
| Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 57 |
| Nearside Rear Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 55 |
| Offside Rear Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 53 |
| Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 49 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds manufacturers specified limits (8.2.1.2 (b)) | 41 |
| Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i)) | 36 |
| Brake performance unable to be tested (1.2.1 (g)) | 34 |
| Offside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 33 |
| Offside Rear Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn trailing arm bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 29 |
| Offside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 29 |
| Offside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 28 |
| Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 28 |
| Nearside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 28 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 28 |
| Nearside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 27 |
| Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 27 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 27 |