| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 381 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 235 |
| Registration plate issues | 124 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 38 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 31 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp insecure (4.1.1 (c)) | 30 |
| Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c)) | 30 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 26 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 24 |
| Offside Front Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 19 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 15 |
| Offside Headlamp insecure (4.1.1 (c)) | 14 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 13 |
| Offside Front Headlamp insecure (4.1.1 (c)) | 13 |
| Nearside Headlamp insecure (4.1.1 (c)) | 12 |
| Nearside Rear Seat belt buckle not functioning as intended (7.1.2 (d)) | 10 |
| Nearside Front Inner Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 10 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 9 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 7 |
| Offside Rear Seat belt buckle not functioning as intended (7.1.2 (d)) | 7 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 6 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 6 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp aim unable to be tested (4.1.2 (b)) | 5 |
| Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 5 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 5 |
| Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 4 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 4 |
| Offside Front Inner Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 4 |
| Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i)) | 4 |
| Central Front Drivers view of the road through the swept area of the windscreen significantly affected by an obstruction (3.1 (a) (ii)) | 4 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 4 |
| Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 4 |
| Offside Rear Seat belt not functioning as intended (7.1.2 (c)) | 4 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 4 |