| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 231 |
| Brake pipe excessively corroded | 192 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 100 |
| Registration plate issues | 68 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 64 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 45 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 41 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 33 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 27 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 19 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 14 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 12 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 12 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 12 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 11 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 11 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 11 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturers specified limits (8.2.1.2 (a)) | 11 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 11 |
| Nearside Rear Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i)) | 11 |
| Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7| | 10 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii)) | 10 |
| Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i)) | 10 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp levelling device inoperative (4.1.5 (a)) | 10 |
| Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c)) | 9 |
| Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 9 |
| Rear Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i)) | 9 |
| Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault |5.4.2| | 8 |
| Nearside Front Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 8 |
| Offside Rear Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i)) | 8 |
| Brake performance unable to be tested (1.2.1 (g)) | 8 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 7 |
| Nearside Side repeater not working |1.4.A.2c| | 7 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 7 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 7 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 7 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits (8.2.1.2 (b)) | 7 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 7 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements |1.4.2 |a| |i|| | 6 |
| Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 6 |
| Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 6 |
| Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 6 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 6 |
| Offside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a| | 5 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 5 |
| Nearside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 5 |
| Nearside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 5 |
| Offside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 5 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 5 |
| Offside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 5 |
| Offside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 5 |
| Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 5 |
| Headlamp levelling device inoperative (4.1.5 (a)) | 5 |
| Offside Front Brake pipe leaking on a hydraulic braking system (1.1.11 (b) (ii)) | 5 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 5 |
| Exhaust emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits |7.3.D.3| | 4 |
| Nearside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a| | 4 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.1.2 |h|| | 4 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault |7.1.6 |a|| | 4 |
| Nearside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 4 |
| Offside Front Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 4 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 4 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 4 |
| Nearside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 4 |
| Nearside Front Lower Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 4 |
| Nearside Front Lower Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 4 |
| Offside Front Lower Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 4 |
| Offside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 4 |
| Offside Front Lower Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 4 |