| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Brake pipe excessively corroded | 2795 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 2564 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 1519 |
| Registration plate issues | 1312 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 759 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 739 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 582 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 511 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 383 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 283 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 263 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 254 |
| Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7| | 233 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 232 |
| Rear parking brake recording little or no effort | 204 |
| Nearside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 191 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 174 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 173 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 171 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements |1.4.2 |a| |i|| | 168 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii)) | 166 |
| Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 158 |
| Parking brake lever ratchet not holding correctly (1.1.6 (a)) | 152 |
| Offside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 130 |
| Windscreen has damage | 122 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 112 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 109 |
| Parking brake lever defective so that it cannot be satisfactorily operated (1.1.6 (d)) | 109 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 107 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 106 |
| Offside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a| | 106 |
| Nearside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 105 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.2.2 |g|| | 104 |
| Offside Rear Position lamp with a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 101 |
| Nearside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 99 |
| Nearside Rear Position lamp with a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 99 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 97 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 97 |
| Exhaust emissions exceed manufacturers specified limit (8.2.2.2 (a)) | 93 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 93 |
| Nearside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 93 |
| Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 91 |
| Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 89 |
| Offside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 87 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 85 |
| Offside Front Lower Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 83 |
| Nearside Side repeater not working |1.4.A.2c| | 82 |
| Nearside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 81 |
| Offside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 80 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 68 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 67 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.1.2 |h|| | 64 |
| Nearside Rear Position lamp not working |4.2.1 |a|| | 60 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault |7.1.6 |a|| | 60 |
| Nearside Front Lower Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 60 |