| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Registration plate lamp issues | 1594 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 1093 |
| Brake pipe excessively corroded | 739 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 400 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 349 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 323 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 318 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 315 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 302 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 278 |
| Registration plate issues | 246 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 181 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 155 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 141 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 141 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 125 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 109 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 105 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 100 |
| Nearside Rear Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 95 |
| Nearside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 95 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault | 92 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 92 |
| Offside Rear Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 82 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 73 |
| Offside Front Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 70 |
| Offside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 68 |
| Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 65 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel cracked |4.2.A.1a| | 65 |
| Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault |5.4.2| | 64 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 61 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 60 |
| Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault (7.12 (e)) | 57 |
| Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 56 |
| Offside Front Upper Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 54 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 52 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault |7.1.6 |a|| | 50 |
| Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 49 |
| Nearside Rear Other passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle (6.2.3 (a)) | 49 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 48 |
| Nearside Front Upper Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 47 |
| Nearside Front Lower Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 46 |
| Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 45 |
| Offside Front Lower Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 44 |
| Offside Front Road wheel cracked |4.2.A.1a| | 43 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 43 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 43 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.2.2 |g|| | 43 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 41 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fractured |5.2.2 |a|| | 39 |
| Offside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 39 |
| Nearside Reversing lamp inoperative (4.6.1 (a)) | 39 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 38 |
| Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 38 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 38 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 37 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 35 |
| Offside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b| | 35 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 35 |
| Nearside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b| | 34 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i|| | 34 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 34 |
| Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i)) | 32 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.1.2 |h|| | 32 |
| Offside Front Lower Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 31 |
| Offside Front Road wheel fractured |5.2.2 |a|| | 31 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 29 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 29 |
| Offside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 29 |
| Offside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 29 |
| Nearside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 28 |
| Nearside Front Lower Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 28 |