| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 3 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 2 |
| Service brake is causing the vehicle to swerve to the offside |3.7.C.2| | 2 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 1 |
| Offside Side repeater excessively damaged so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance |1.4.A.2e| | 1 |
| Nearside Side repeater not working |1.4.A.2c| | 1 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 1 |
| Steering system has excessive free play detected at the steering wheel |steering box fitted| |2.2.A.1a| | 1 |
| Steering box has relative movement between sector shaft and the drop arm |2.2.B.1b| | 1 |
| Front front brake recording little or no effort |3.7.B.5a| | 1 |
| Service brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7| | 1 |
| Offside Front Brake pedal does not operate a brake fitted to each wheel |3.3.A.3| | 1 |
| Brake pedal spongy |3.3.B.1b| | 1 |
| Offside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b| | 1 |
| Offside Rear position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b| | 1 |
| All position lamps adversely affected by the operation of another lamp |1.1.A.3f| | 1 |
| Offside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b| | 1 |
| Headlamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp |1.7.5c| | 1 |
| Fuel tank leaking |7.2.3| | 1 |
| Exhaust emissions hydrocarbon content excessive |7.3.B.1b| | 1 |
| Exhaust emits dense blue smoke at idle |7.3.A.2b| | 1 |
| Intermediate drop arm insecure |2.2.B.1a| | 1 |
| Towbar fixing obviously of an inappropriate type |6.6.2| | 1 |
| Nearside Headlamp aim so that beam "kick up" is not visible on the screen |1.8.B.1| | 1 |
| Nearside Headlamp excessively deteriorated so that the light output is severely reduced |1.7.5a| | 1 |
| Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush all rubbers worn to excess |2.7.4| | 1 |
| Offside Headlamp missing |4.1.1 |a| |ii|| | 1 |
| Offside Obligatory mirror seriously damaged, affecting the rear view |3.3 |b| |ii|| | 1 |
| Front Service brake effort inadequate at a wheel x2 |1.2.1 |a| |i|| | 1 |
| Exhaust emissions hydrocarbon content excessive |8.2.1.2 |b|| | 1 |
| Service brake efficiency below requirements |1.2.2 |a| |i|| | 1 |