| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Brake pipe excessively corroded | 3657 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 2850 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 1264 |
| Registration plate issues | 1197 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 707 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 703 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 467 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 410 |
| Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7| | 346 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 341 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 298 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 278 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 260 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 252 |
| Rear parking brake recording little or no effort | 238 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 208 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements |1.4.2 |a| |i|| | 195 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii)) | 167 |
| Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 161 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 149 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 147 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 139 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.2.2 |g|| | 133 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 132 |
| Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault |5.4.2| | 131 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a| | 123 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 122 |
| Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 115 |
| Windscreen has damage | 112 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 108 |
| Offside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 106 |
| Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i)) | 105 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 104 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault |7.1.6 |a|| | 96 |
| Nearside Side repeater not working |1.4.A.2c| | 94 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 94 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 91 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 86 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 86 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 85 |
| Exhaust emissions exceed manufacturers specified limit (8.2.2.2 (a)) | 85 |
| Offside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a| | 84 |
| Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 84 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 84 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a| | 82 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.1.2 |h|| | 82 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 82 |
| Nearside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b| | 81 |
| Nearside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 81 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 80 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 80 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 77 |
| Offside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b| | 75 |
| Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 75 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 74 |
| Nearside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 73 |
| Brake performance not tested (1.2.1 (g)) | 73 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a| | 72 |
| Nearside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 72 |
| Oil leaking excessively from engine (8.4.1 (a) (i)) | 71 |
| Offside Front Lower Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 69 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault | 67 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 67 |
| Nearside Front Wheel bolt|s| missing |4.2.A.1e| | 63 |
| Nearside Rear Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i)) | 62 |