| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 329 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 147 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 88 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 80 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 29 |
| Brake pipe excessively corroded | 29 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 18 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 17 |
| Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 16 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 16 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 15 |
| Registration plate issues | 10 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 8 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 8 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 7 |
| Offside Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 6 |
| Offside Rear Lower Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 6 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii)) | 6 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 6 |
| Offside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 6 |
| Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 5 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint likely to become detached (5.3.4 (a) (ii)) | 5 |
| Nearside Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 4 |
| Offside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 4 |
| Nearside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 4 |
| Offside Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn |1.1.14 |a| |i|| | 4 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 4 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 4 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 4 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 4 |
| Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c)) | 4 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage insecurely attached (5.3.3 (a) (i)) | 4 |