| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 138 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 120 |
| Brake pipe excessively corroded | 89 |
| Registration plate issues | 68 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 44 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 23 |
| Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 15 |
| Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.C.1b| | 12 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 11 |
| Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 10 |
| Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault |5.4.2| | 9 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 8 |
| Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 7 |
| Offside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 7 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 7 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 7 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 6 |
| Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c)) | 5 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 5 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 5 |
| Brake hose excessively deteriorated | 5 |
| Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i)) | 5 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value |1.4.2 |a| |ii|| | 4 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.4.G.2| | 4 |
| Offside Headlamp cleaning device obviously defective |1.7.2| | 4 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 4 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 4 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 4 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i|| | 3 |
| Offside Headlamp cleaning device inoperative |1.7.2| | 3 |
| Offside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3| | 3 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |5.3.4 |b| |ii|| | 3 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2| | 3 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement |2.4.G.2| | 3 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault |7.1.6 |a|| | 3 |
| Offside Front Wheel nut|s| missing |4.2.A.1e| | 3 |
| Windscreen has damage | 3 |
| Rear brake binding | 3 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.1.2 |h|| | 3 |
| Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 3 |
| Service brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.C.1a| | 3 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 3 |
| Nearside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 3 |
| Offside Rear Shock absorbers damaged to the extent that it does not function (5.3.2 (b)) | 3 |
| Offside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 3 |
| Offside Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative (4.1.6 (a) (ii)) | 3 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 3 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 3 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 3 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 3 |
| Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 3 |
| Nearside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 3 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 3 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 3 |