| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Brake pipe excessively corroded | 425 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 358 |
| Registration plate issues | 129 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 118 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 117 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 113 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 84 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 78 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 54 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 45 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 41 |
| Offside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a| | 34 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 33 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 31 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 28 |
| Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 21 |
| Rear Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i)) | 16 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 15 |
| Rear parking brake recording little or no effort | 14 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 14 |
| Nearside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a| | 14 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 14 |
| Nearside Rear Other passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle (6.2.3 (a)) | 14 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 13 |
| Exhaust emissions exceed manufacturers specified limit (8.2.2.2 (a)) | 12 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 12 |
| Nearside Rear Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i)) | 12 |
| Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7| | 11 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements |1.4.2 |a| |i|| | 11 |
| Offside Rear Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i)) | 11 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.2.2 |g|| | 10 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 10 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 10 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 9 |
| Oil leaking excessively from engine (8.4.1 (a) (i)) | 9 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 9 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 9 |
| Offside Rear Other passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle (6.2.3 (a)) | 9 |
| Offside Rear Reversing lamp inoperative (4.6.1 (a)) | 9 |
| Offside Front Lower Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 9 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 9 |
| Windscreen has damage | 8 |
| Nearside Front Lower Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 8 |
| Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i)) | 8 |
| Offside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 8 |
| Parking brake lever ratchet not holding correctly (1.1.6 (a)) | 8 |
| Parking brake lever defective so that it cannot be satisfactorily operated (1.1.6 (d)) | 8 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii)) | 8 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 8 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 7 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 7 |
| Offside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 7 |
| Nearside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 7 |
| Offside Reversing lamp inoperative (4.6.1 (a)) | 7 |
| Brake performance unable to be tested (1.2.1 (g)) | 7 |