| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 69 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 48 |
| Nearside Rear Seat belt retracting mechanism defective (7.1.2 (e)) | 41 |
| Offside Rear Seat belt retracting mechanism defective (7.1.2 (e)) | 34 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 21 |
| Nearside Rear Seat belt not functioning as intended (7.1.2 (c)) | 17 |
| Brake pipe excessively corroded | 15 |
| Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 14 |
| Offside Rear Seat belt not functioning as intended (7.1.2 (c)) | 13 |
| Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 12 |
| Nearside Rear Seat belt retracting mechanism defective |7.1.2 |e|| | 8 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 8 |
| Offside Rear Seat belt retracting mechanism defective |7.1.2 |e|| | 6 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 5 |
| Exhaust emissions exceed manufacturers specified limit (8.2.2.2 (a)) | 4 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 4 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 4 |
| Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 4 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 4 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 4 |
| Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 4 |
| Nearside Rear Seat belt not functioning as intended |7.1.2 |c|| | 4 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 4 |
| Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 4 |
| Exhaust on a vehicle fitted with a diesel particulate filter emits visible smoke of any colour (8.2.2.2 (d)) | 3 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 3 |
| Registration plate issues | 3 |
| Exhaust emissions exceed default limit of 0.7m-1 (8.2.2.2 (b)) | 2 |
| Nearside Rear Outer Seat belt not functioning as intended (7.1.2 (c)) | 2 |
| Offside Rear Outer Seat belt not functioning as intended (7.1.2 (c)) | 2 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 2 |
| Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Offside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 2 |
| Nearside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 2 |
| Offside Rear Seat belt not functioning as intended |7.1.2 |c|| | 2 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 2 |
| Offside Rear Outer Seat belt retracting mechanism defective (7.1.2 (e)) | 2 |
| Nearside Rear Seat belt buckle not functioning as intended (7.1.2 (d)) | 2 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 2 |