| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 157 |
| Registration plate issues | 131 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 116 |
| Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7| | 85 |
| Offside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a| | 40 |
| Rear parking brake recording little or no effort | 37 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault | 35 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 29 |
| Nearside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a| | 20 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 18 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 15 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 14 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 14 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii)) | 14 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 12 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements |1.4.2 |a| |i|| | 11 |
| Nearside Front Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush |2.7.4| | 8 |
| Nearside Headlamp cleaning device inoperative |1.7.2| | 8 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 8 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 8 |
| Offside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a| | 7 |
| Nearside Front coil spring fractured |2.4.C.1a| | 7 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 7 |
| Nearside Front Lower Shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush (5.3.2 (c)) | 7 |
| Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault |5.4.2| | 6 |
| Windscreen has damage | 6 |
| Offside Front Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush |2.7.4| | 6 |
| Offside Front Upper Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement |2.4.G.2| | 6 |
| Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault |7.12 |e|| | 5 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 5 |
| Nearside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a| | 5 |
| Offside Headlamp cleaning device inoperative |1.7.2| | 5 |
| Rear fog lamp not working |1.3.2b| | 5 |
| Exhaust emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits |7.3.D.3| | 5 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 5 |
| Brake pedal anti-slip provision incomplete |3.3.A.1b| | 5 |
| Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement |2.4.G.2| | 5 |
| Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 5 |
| Offside Front Lower Shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush (5.3.2 (c)) | 5 |
| Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 5 |
| Nearside Front Lower Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush |2.7.4| | 4 |
| Offside Front Lower Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush |2.7.4| | 4 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value |1.4.2 |a| |ii|| | 4 |
| Electronic stability system warning lamp indicates a fault |3.4.1c| | 4 |
| Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.C.1b| | 4 |
| Nearside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b| | 4 |
| Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault (7.12 (e)) | 4 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 4 |
| Offside Front Upper Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 4 |
| Rear fog lamp switch faulty |1.3.1a| | 3 |
| Front brake application uneven | 3 |
| Offside Front coil spring fractured |2.4.C.1a| | 3 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 3 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2| | 3 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 3 |
| Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2| | 3 |
| Windscreen wiper blade insecure | 3 |
| Offside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 3 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 3 |
| Offside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 3 |
| Offside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 3 |
| Offside Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) | 3 |