| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Brake pipe excessively corroded | 4796 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 3472 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 1368 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 1196 |
| Registration plate issues | 1059 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 898 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 613 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 605 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 595 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 544 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 535 |
| Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7| | 455 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 325 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 291 |
| Rear parking brake recording little or no effort | 260 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 239 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 230 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 223 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii)) | 216 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 208 |
| Exhaust emits an excessive level of metered smoke |7.4.B.3a| | 204 |
| Offside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a| | 198 |
| Nearside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a| | 195 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 184 |
| Exhaust emissions exceed manufacturers specified limit (8.2.2.2 (a)) | 179 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 176 |
| Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i)) | 174 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements |1.4.2 |a| |i|| | 167 |
| Nearside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a| | 164 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 161 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 154 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a| | 151 |
| Offside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a| | 151 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a| | 144 |
| Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i)) | 140 |
| Windscreen has damage | 139 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 129 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault | 128 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 128 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 127 |
| Offside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 124 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 123 |
| Nearside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 122 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 121 |
| Exhaust emissions exceed default limit of 1.5m-1 (8.2.2.2 (b)) | 118 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 115 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 115 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2| | 110 |
| Nearside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 109 |
| Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 108 |
| Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 107 |
| Nearside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b| | 106 |
| Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault |5.4.2| | 104 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2| | 104 |
| Offside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a| | 102 |
| Rear brake binding | 100 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 100 |
| Oil leaking excessively from engine (8.4.1 (a) (i)) | 94 |
| Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault (7.12 (e)) | 93 |
| Nearside Side repeater not working |1.4.A.2c| | 92 |
| Nearside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 92 |
| Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a| | 88 |
| Offside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b| | 85 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2| | 85 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 84 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 84 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension component ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 84 |
| Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 81 |
| Offside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 81 |
| Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i)) | 80 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.2.2 |g|| | 79 |
| Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a| | 78 |
| Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 77 |
| Offside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 76 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.1.2 |h|| | 75 |
| Nearside Front Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a| | 75 |