| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 360 |
| Brake pipe excessively corroded | 231 |
| Registration plate issues | 173 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 118 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 64 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 62 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 59 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 38 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 31 |
| Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7| | 29 |
| Rear parking brake recording little or no effort | 29 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 22 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 18 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 17 |
| Nearside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 17 |
| Rear brake binding | 15 |
| Offside Rear passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle |6.2.B.1c| | 15 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 15 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii)) | 14 |
| Nearside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 13 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements |1.4.2 |a| |i|| | 12 |
| Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 11 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 11 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 11 |
| Windscreen has damage | 10 |
| Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 10 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 10 |
| Rear Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i)) | 10 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 9 |
| rear parking |secondary| brakes imbalanced | 9 |
| Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 9 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 8 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 8 |
| Nearside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 8 |
| Nearside Parking brake inoperative on one side |1.4.1 |a|| | 7 |
| Nearside Front Wheel bolt|s| missing |4.2.A.1e| | 7 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel cracked |4.2.A.1a| | 7 |
| Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 7 |
| Exhaust emissions exceed manufacturers specified limit (8.2.2.2 (a)) | 7 |
| Oil leaking excessively from engine (8.4.1 (a) (i)) | 7 |
| Offside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3| | 6 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel bead rim badly distorted |4.2.A.1a| | 6 |
| Rear fog lamp not working |1.3.2b| | 6 |
| Offside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a| | 6 |
| Nearside Rear Service brake excessively binding |1.2.1 |f|| | 6 |
| Nearside Headlamp cleaning device inoperative |1.7.2| | 6 |
| Offside Headlamp cleaning device inoperative |1.7.2| | 6 |
| Rear Brake cable insecure | 6 |
| Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) | 6 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 6 |