| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 439 |
| Brake pipe excessively corroded | 431 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 226 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 166 |
| Registration plate issues | 114 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 111 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 109 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 76 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 74 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 33 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 30 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 28 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 23 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 22 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 21 |
| Exhaust emissions exceed manufacturers specified limit (8.2.2.2 (a)) | 18 |
| Offside Front Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 17 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 17 |
| Parking brake lever ratchet not holding correctly (1.1.6 (a)) | 17 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 15 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 15 |
| Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) | 15 |
| Parking brake lever defective so that it cannot be satisfactorily operated (1.1.6 (d)) | 14 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 14 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii)) | 14 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 13 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 12 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 12 |
| Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 12 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 12 |
| Offside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 11 |
| Nearside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 11 |
| Offside Front Lower Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 11 |
| Offside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a| | 10 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 10 |
| Nearside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 10 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 9 |
| Nearside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 9 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 9 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.2.2 |g|| | 8 |
| Offside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 8 |
| Offside Front Wheel bearing has excessive play (5.1.3 (a) (i)) | 8 |
| Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 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 |
| Front brake excessively fluctuating | 7 |
| Offside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 7 |
| Nearside Front Lower Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 7 |
| Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 7 |