| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Brake pipe excessively corroded | 5251 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 3906 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 1661 |
| Registration plate issues | 1642 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 1507 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 1032 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 994 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 992 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 720 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 593 |
| Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7| | 498 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii)) | 469 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 458 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 426 |
| Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 381 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 381 |
| Nearside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 331 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 329 |
| Rear parking brake recording little or no effort | 322 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 302 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 296 |
| Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 282 |
| Rear brake binding | 271 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements |1.4.2 |a| |i|| | 254 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 249 |
| Nearside Side repeater not working |1.4.A.2c| | 233 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 227 |
| Nearside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 223 |
| Offside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 221 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 221 |
| Nearside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 217 |
| Rear Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i)) | 209 |
| Nearside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a| | 208 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 208 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 203 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a| | 198 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 196 |
| Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 195 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a| | 178 |
| Offside Side repeater not working |1.4.A.2c| | 178 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 173 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 172 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault | 172 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 164 |
| Exhaust emissions exceed manufacturers specified limit (8.2.2.2 (a)) | 161 |
| Offside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 161 |
| Windscreen has damage | 160 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.2.2 |g|| | 160 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on main beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 158 |
| Offside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 157 |
| Offside Rear Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i)) | 153 |
| Oil leaking excessively from engine (8.4.1 (a) (i)) | 151 |
| Nearside Rear Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i)) | 151 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 148 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 141 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 137 |
| Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i)) | 133 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 130 |
| Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 129 |
| Offside Headlamp cleaning device inoperative |1.7.2| | 126 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 125 |
| Nearside Headlamp cleaning device inoperative |1.7.2| | 124 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 124 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 121 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 116 |
| Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative (4.1.6 (a) (ii)) | 114 |
| Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault |5.4.2| | 111 |
| Nearside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b| | 108 |
| Offside Front Lower Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 108 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 107 |
| Offside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 106 |
| Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 103 |
| Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a| | 100 |
| Offside Front Headlamp not working on main beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 99 |
| Nearside Front Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 99 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on main beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 97 |
| Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault (7.12 (e)) | 96 |
| Offside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a| | 95 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.1.2 |h|| | 94 |
| Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 93 |