| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 174 |
| Registration plate issues | 94 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 81 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 43 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 31 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 17 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 16 |
| Nearside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 15 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 11 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 11 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 11 |
| Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) | 9 |
| Nearside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 8 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 7 |
| Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 7 |
| Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 6 |
| Parking brake lever defective so that it cannot be satisfactorily operated (1.1.6 (d)) | 6 |
| Offside Front Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 5 |
| Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 5 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.2.2 |g|| | 4 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 4 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 4 |
| Nearside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 4 |
| Offside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 4 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 4 |
| Nearside Front Wheel bearing has excessive play (5.1.3 (a) (i)) | 4 |
| Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 4 |
| Nearside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 4 |
| Offside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 4 |
| Parking brake lever ratchet not holding correctly (1.1.6 (a)) | 4 |
| Offside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 3 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 3 |
| Windscreen damaged and affecting the drivers view of the road (3.2 (a) (ii)) | 3 |
| Windscreen wiper not working (3.4 (a)) | 3 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 3 |
| Offside Front Lower Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 3 |