| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Brake pipe excessively corroded | 3961 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 3086 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 1192 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 1098 |
| Registration plate issues | 986 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 580 |
| Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7| | 455 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 418 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 403 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 379 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 358 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 337 |
| Rear parking brake recording little or no effort | 260 |
| 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 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 192 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 190 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 183 |
| 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 Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a| | 151 |
| Offside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a| | 151 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 149 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 148 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a| | 144 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 144 |
| Windscreen has damage | 139 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii)) | 134 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 129 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 127 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 121 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 111 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2| | 110 |
| Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i)) | 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 | 99 |
| Exhaust emissions exceed manufacturers specified limit (8.2.2.2 (a)) | 96 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 94 |
| Nearside Side repeater not working |1.4.A.2c| | 92 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 92 |
| Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a| | 88 |
| Nearside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 88 |
| Exhaust emissions exceed default limit of 1.5m-1 (8.2.2.2 (b)) | 87 |
| 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 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 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 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault | 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 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 74 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 73 |
| Offside Front Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a| | 72 |
| Nearside Rear Wheel bolt|s| missing |4.2.A.1e| | 72 |
| Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 71 |
| Offside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 71 |
| Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 70 |
| Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i)) | 70 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a| | 68 |
| Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f| | 68 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 68 |
| Nearside Front Wheel bolt|s| missing |4.2.A.1e| | 65 |
| Offside Side repeater not working |1.4.A.2c| | 64 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension component ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 64 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i|| | 60 |
| Nearside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 60 |