| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7| | 5 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 5 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 4 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 3 |
| Brake pipe excessively corroded | 3 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii)) | 3 |
| Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 2 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Nearside Rear Anti-roll bar pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Offside Rear Anti-roll bar pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Nearside Front Outline marker lamp missing (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 2 |
| Offside Rear Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) | 2 |
| Service brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7| | 1 |
| Offside Side repeater not working |1.4.A.2c| | 1 |
| Brake fluid warning lamp illuminated |3.6.G.2| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Braking system leaking front to rear |3.6.A.1| | 1 |
| Nearside Front outline marker lamp|s| not working |1.1.B.1c| | 1 |
| Offside Front outline marker lamp|s| not working |1.1.B.1c| | 1 |
| Offside Rear outline marker lamp|s| not working |1.1.B.1c| | 1 |
| Offside Upper Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b| | 1 |
| Nearside Front position lamp|s| has less than 50% of the light sources illuminating |1.1.A.3b| | 1 |
| Offside Front position lamp|s| has less than 50% of the light sources illuminating |1.1.A.3b| | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Statutory seat belt missing buckle missing |5.1.1| | 1 |
| Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Windscreen in an unacceptable condition (3.2 (c) (i)) | 1 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault | 1 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Headlamp aim not tested (4.1.2 (b)) | 1 |
| Position lamp switch does not operate in accordance with the requirements (4.2.2 (a)) | 1 |
| Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Offside Outline marker lamp likely to become detached insecure (4.2.1 (c) (ii)) | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Position lamp not working tail light (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Battery insecure and likely to cause a short circuit (4.13 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Brake fluid contaminated filter + cap missing (1.8 (a)) | 1 |
| Front Service brake has no recorded effort at a wheel fading (1.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Rear Service brake has no recorded effort at a wheel fading (1.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Offside Rear Brake pipe leaking on a hydraulic braking system (1.1.11 (b) (ii)) | 1 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 1 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage pin or bush excessively worn linkpin (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage pin or bush excessively worn linkpin (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage pin or bush likely to become detached D - bush (5.3.4 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Offside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage pin or bush excessively worn D - bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Front Exhaust emissions likely to be affected by an exhaust leak flex part (8.2.2.1 (b)) | 1 |
| Emissions not tested (8.2.2.2 (e)) | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Rear Anti-roll bar has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2| | 1 |
| Offside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b| | 1 |
| Brake load sensing valve seized and ABS not fitted or inoperative (1.1.17 (c) (ii)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Brake pipe leaking on a hydraulic braking system (1.1.11 (b) (ii)) | 1 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 1 |
| Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Outline marker lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Offside Rear Outline marker lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Outline marker lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 1 |
| Brake load sensing valve seized but ABS functioning (1.1.17 (c) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Offside Rear brake disc contaminated by oil |3.5.1h| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Bumper insecure (6.1.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Body panel corroded and likely to cause injury wing corroded (6.2.1 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Integral body structure or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of a body mounting tow bar mounting plates, chassis fractured & corroded excessively (6.2.2 (d) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Rear Integral body structure or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of a body mounting tow bar mounting plates, chassis fractured & corroded excessively (6.2.2 (d) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Integral body structure or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of a body mounting chassis box section corroded excessively within 30cm of support bar (6.2.2 (d) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Rear Integral body structure or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of a body mounting chassis box section corroded excessively within 30cm of support bar (6.2.2 (d) (i)) | 1 |
| Rear parking brake recording little or no effort | 1 |
| Offside Rear Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Rear Lower Anti-roll bar linkage pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Direction indicator not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Lower Anti-roll bar linkage pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Outline marker lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Offside Direction indicator not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |