| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Brake pipe excessively corroded | 4781 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 4229 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 1857 |
| Registration plate issues | 1718 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 1507 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 1003 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 974 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 778 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 494 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 487 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 469 |
| Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7| | 460 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 429 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii)) | 426 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 419 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 351 |
| Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 327 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 324 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 323 |
| Nearside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 298 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 280 |
| Rear parking brake recording little or no effort | 273 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements |1.4.2 |a| |i|| | 255 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 238 |
| Offside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 231 |
| Exhaust emissions exceed manufacturers specified limit (8.2.2.2 (a)) | 218 |
| Nearside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 207 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 201 |
| Rear Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i)) | 197 |
| Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 195 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 186 |
| Nearside Rear Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i)) | 184 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 181 |
| Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i)) | 181 |
| Offside Rear Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i)) | 181 |
| Rear brake binding | 180 |
| Offside Rear Other passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle (6.2.3 (a)) | 179 |
| Nearside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 177 |
| Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault |5.4.2| | 162 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 162 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 162 |
| Windscreen has damage | 155 |
| Offside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 145 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 144 |
| Nearside Side repeater not working |1.4.A.2c| | 141 |
| Oil leaking excessively from engine (8.4.1 (a) (i)) | 141 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a| | 139 |
| Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 138 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 135 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 133 |
| Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 131 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a| | 128 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.2.2 |g|| | 126 |
| Offside Front Lower Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 123 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 122 |
| Offside Rear passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle |6.2.B.1c| | 120 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 115 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 114 |
| Offside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 111 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 110 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault | 106 |
| Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 104 |
| Nearside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b| | 99 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 96 |