| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 266 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 253 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 50 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 32 |
| Registration plate issues | 19 |
| Brake pipe excessively corroded | 15 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel badly distorted (5.2.2 (c) (i)) | 7 |
| Nearside Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 6 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 6 |
| Offside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 6 |
| Nearside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 6 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 6 |
| Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 5 |
| Offside Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 5 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 5 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage fractured (5.3.3 (b) (ii)) | 5 |
| Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 4 |
| Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c)) | 4 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 4 |
| Offside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 4 |
| Rear fog lamp switch missing (4.5.3 (a)) | 3 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 3 |
| Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault (7.12 (e)) | 3 |
| Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 3 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 3 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 3 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage insecure and impairing directional stability (5.3.3 (a) (ii)) | 3 |
| Emissions unable to be completed (8.2.1.2 (d)) | 3 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage insecurely attached (5.3.3 (a) (i)) | 3 |