| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Brake pipe excessively corroded | 4726 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 3366 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 1857 |
| Registration plate issues | 1593 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 1450 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 1206 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 1083 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 865 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 864 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 540 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 515 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 510 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 476 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 427 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii)) | 374 |
| Nearside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 346 |
| Parking brake lever ratchet not holding correctly (1.1.6 (a)) | 317 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 313 |
| Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 269 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 261 |
| Offside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 238 |
| Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7| | 233 |
| Exhaust emissions exceed manufacturers specified limit (8.2.2.2 (a)) | 220 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 213 |
| Parking brake lever defective so that it cannot be satisfactorily operated (1.1.6 (d)) | 206 |
| Rear parking brake recording little or no effort | 204 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 200 |
| Offside Front Lower Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 183 |
| Nearside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 182 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 174 |
| Nearside Rear Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i)) | 174 |
| Rear Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i)) | 171 |
| Nearside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 170 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements |1.4.2 |a| |i|| | 168 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 168 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 168 |
| Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 163 |
| Offside Rear Position lamp with a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 155 |
| Nearside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 151 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 149 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 149 |
| Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 146 |
| Nearside Rear Position lamp with a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 146 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 144 |
| Nearside Front Lower Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 139 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 131 |
| Offside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 130 |
| Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 126 |
| Offside Rear Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i)) | 126 |
| Windscreen has damage | 122 |
| Nearside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 113 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 112 |
| Offside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 110 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 110 |
| Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i)) | 107 |
| Offside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a| | 106 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.2.2 |g|| | 104 |
| Nearside Front Wheel bearing has excessive play (5.1.3 (a) (i)) | 104 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault | 103 |
| Parking brake lever is not capable of being maintained in operation by direct mechanical action only (1.1.6 (f)) | 101 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 99 |
| Offside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 92 |
| Oil leaking excessively from engine (8.4.1 (a) (i)) | 90 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 89 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 88 |
| Offside Front Wheel bearing has excessive play (5.1.3 (a) (i)) | 88 |