| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 1917 |
| Registration plate issues | 1100 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 1061 |
| Brake pipe excessively corroded | 838 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 562 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 493 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 480 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 337 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 262 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 236 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 207 |
| Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 149 |
| Parking brake lever ratchet not holding correctly (1.1.6 (a)) | 138 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 134 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii)) | 130 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements |1.4.2 |a| |i|| | 127 |
| Nearside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 126 |
| Offside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 124 |
| Nearside Rear Position lamp with a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 121 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 120 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 115 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 115 |
| Offside Rear Position lamp with a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 114 |
| Parking brake lever defective so that it cannot be satisfactorily operated (1.1.6 (d)) | 102 |
| Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7| | 100 |
| Rear parking brake recording little or no effort | 97 |
| Nearside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 92 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 90 |
| Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 87 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.2.2 |g|| | 86 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 83 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 81 |
| Offside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 80 |
| Nearside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 78 |
| Windscreen has damage | 77 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 73 |
| Nearside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 71 |
| Offside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 71 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 62 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 59 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 55 |
| Nearside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 53 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 53 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.1.2 |h|| | 52 |
| Exhaust emissions exceed manufacturers specified limit (8.2.2.2 (a)) | 50 |
| Offside Front Lower Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 49 |
| Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 47 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault | 45 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 45 |