| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Service brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7| | 6 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 6 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 3 |
| Transmission brake efficiency below requirements |3.8.A.9/10| | 2 |
| Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Offside Front front brake recording little or no effort |3.8.A.1a| | 1 |
| Front brake application uneven | 1 |
| Nearside Front Direction indicator not in good working order |function impaired| |1.5.1b| | 1 |
| Offside Rear Air/vacuum reservoir mountings/securing straps fractured |3.6.E.2a| | 1 |
| Offside rear brake recording little or no effort |3.8.A.4a| | 1 |
| Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7| | 1 |
| Brake pressure build up too slow |3.3.D.6| | 1 |
| Braking system leaking |3.6.A.1| | 1 |
| Fuel system component leaking |6.7.1a| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Lower window|s| not made of safety glass, or from safety glazing |on or after 1st June 1978| |6.9.7b| | 1 |
| Rear Exhaust has a part missing |6.3.1a| | 1 |
| Rear Exhaust has part of the system excessively deteriorated |6.3.1a| | 1 |
| Hazard warning tell tale not working correctly |1.4.B.1e| | 1 |
| Horn not loud enough to be heard by another road user |1.6.2b| | 1 |
| Body insecure and dangerous to other road users |6.1.B.1b| | 1 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a| | 1 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a| | 1 |
| Rear brake application uneven | 1 |
| Fuel system component leaking |7.2.3| | 1 |
| Offside Front Statutory seat belt missing |5.1.1| | 1 |
| Offside Headlamp insecure |1.7.3| | 1 |
| Entrance/exit door defective in operation (9.1.1 (a)) | 1 |
| Speedometer cannot be illuminated (7.8 (c) (ii)) | 1 |
| Windscreen wiper not working (3.4 (a)) | 1 |
| Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded which significantly reduces the original strength |2.4.A.2| | 1 |
| Rear fog lamp tell tale inoperative |1.1.6e| | 1 |
| Exhaust emits an excessive level of metered smoke for a non-turbo charged engine |6.4.B.2| | 1 |