| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Registration plate issues | 109 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 86 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 53 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 48 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 28 |
| Brake pipe excessively corroded | 13 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturers specified limits (8.2.1.2 (a)) | 13 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 12 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.1.2 |h|| | 11 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 9 |
| Offside Front Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 9 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii)) | 8 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits (8.2.1.2 (b)) | 8 |
| Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c)) | 8 |
| Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 8 |
| Offside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 7 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 7 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 6 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements |1.4.2 |a| |i|| | 5 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits |8.2.1.2 |b|| | 5 |
| Windscreen has damage | 5 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured |5.2.2 |a|| | 5 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing |5.2.1 |a| |i|| | 5 |
| Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 5 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds default limits (8.2.1.2 (b)) | 5 |
| Parking brake lever ratchet not holding correctly (1.1.6 (a)) | 5 |
| Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 5 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 5 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds manufacturers specified limits (8.2.1.2 (b)) | 5 |
| Exhaust emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits |7.3.D.3| | 4 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel cracked |4.2.A.1a| | 4 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fractured |5.2.2 |a|| | 4 |
| Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 4 |
| Nearside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 4 |
| Offside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 4 |
| Offside Rear Road wheel cracked |4.2.A.1a| | 3 |
| Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7| | 3 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 3 |
| Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 3 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 3 |
| Nearside Front Wheel bearing has excessive play (5.1.3 (a) (i)) | 3 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 3 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 3 |
| Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 3 |
| Nearside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 3 |
| Nearside Rear Position lamp with a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 3 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 3 |