| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 7 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 6 |
| Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7| | 5 |
| Rear parking brake recording little or no effort | 4 |
| Rear fog lamp not working |1.3.2b| | 3 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 3 |
| Rear brake binding | 2 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2| | 2 |
| Parking brake lever has no reserve travel |3.1.6b| | 2 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 2 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.4.G.2| | 2 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 1 |
| Front front brake juddering severely |3.7.A.2b| | 1 |
| Offside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar locating pin insecure |2.4.G.3a| | 1 |
| Offside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage missing |2.4.G.1| | 1 |
| Offside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Inner wheel housing. (Top mount) (5.3.6 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Rear fog lamp does not emit a steady red light (4.5.4 (a)) | 1 |
| Front Subframe mounting prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Cross-member (5.3.6 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Sill closing panel (5.3.6 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b| | 1 |
| Offside Side repeater not working |1.4.A.2c| | 1 |
| Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 1 |
| Drivers view of the road through the swept area of the windscreen significantly affected by an obstruction (3.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 1 |
| Offside Windscreen washer jets misaligned and not providing sufficient fluid to the windscreen (3.5 (a)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 1 |
| Nearside Inner Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 1 |
| Registration plate issues | 1 |
| Rear Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Exhaust emissions test not completed because smoke levels are significantly in excess of the specified limit values (8.2.2.2 (f)) | 1 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 1 |
| Offside Inner Front constant velocity joint gaiter damaged to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc |2.5.C.1a| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.4.G.2| | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side |1.4.1 |a|| | 1 |
| Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits (8.2.1.2 (b)) | 1 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturers specified limits (8.2.1.2 (a)) | 1 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds manufacturers specified limits (8.2.1.2 (b)) | 1 |
| Headlamp levelling device inoperative (4.1.5 (a)) | 1 |
| Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3| | 1 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2| | 1 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage cracked |2.4.G.1| | 1 |
| Offside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage fractured |2.4.G.1| | 1 |
| Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Front Oil leaking excessively from engine (8.4.1 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 1 |
| Front Position lamp not working Both ns & os (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Both lamps (4.1.2 (c)) | 1 |
| Front Headlamp lens seriously defective Both headlamp lenses in poor condition, Affecting beam patterns (4.1.1 (b) (ii)) | 1 |
| Rear fog lamp missing No rear fog lamp (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Split (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Split (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 1 |
| Front Headlamp has a product on the lens so that the light output is severely reduced both lamps (4.1.4 (b)) | 1 |
| Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect both lamps (4.1.2 (c)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Inner Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 1 |