| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 1046 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 552 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 210 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 203 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 114 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 97 |
| Registration plate issues | 89 |
| Brake pipe excessively corroded | 88 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 86 |
| Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 83 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 76 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 73 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 51 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 45 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 44 |
| Exhaust emissions exceed manufacturers specified limit (8.2.2.2 (a)) | 43 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 38 |
| Nearside Front Wheel bearing has excessive play (5.1.3 (a) (i)) | 36 |
| Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7| | 35 |
| Rear parking brake recording little or no effort | 30 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements |1.4.2 |a| |i|| | 29 |
| Exhaust on a vehicle fitted with a diesel particulate filter emits visible smoke of any colour (8.2.2.2 (d)) | 27 |
| Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault (7.12 (e)) | 25 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 23 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 23 |
| Exhaust emissions test not completed because smoke levels are significantly in excess of the specified limit values (8.2.2.2 (f)) | 23 |
| Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 23 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage fractured (5.3.3 (b) (ii)) | 22 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working |4.2.1 |a|| | 19 |
| Rear brake binding | 19 |
| Nearside Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 18 |
| Offside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 17 |
| Offside Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 16 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.2.2 |g|| | 16 |
| Offside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 16 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 16 |
| Parking brake lever has no reserve travel |3.1.6b| | 16 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 15 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage insecure and impairing directional stability (5.3.3 (a) (ii)) | 15 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 15 |
| Emissions not tested (8.2.2.2 (e)) | 14 |
| Offside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 14 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint likely to become detached (5.3.4 (a) (ii)) | 14 |