| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 1467 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 1303 |
| Registration plate issues | 757 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 604 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 589 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 465 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 349 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 317 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 232 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.2.2 |g|| | 230 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements |1.4.2 |a| |i|| | 175 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 159 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 146 |
| Nearside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 133 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.1.2 |h|| | 130 |
| Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 123 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 104 |
| Nearside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 101 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 84 |
| Rear parking brake recording little or no effort | 74 |
| Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 74 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 73 |
| Parking brake lever ratchet not holding correctly (1.1.6 (a)) | 71 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii)) | 69 |
| Parking brake lever defective so that it cannot be satisfactorily operated (1.1.6 (d)) | 67 |
| Brake pipe excessively corroded | 65 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 62 |
| Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7| | 61 |
| Offside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 61 |
| Nearside Parking brake inoperative on one side |1.4.1 |a|| | 60 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 60 |
| Nearside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side |1.4.1 |a|| | 57 |
| Nearside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 55 |
| Offside Rear Position lamp with a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 54 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 52 |
| Nearside Front Wheel bearing has excessive play (5.1.3 (a) (i)) | 50 |
| Offside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 50 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 49 |
| Offside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 49 |
| Nearside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 49 |
| Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 44 |
| Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 43 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault | 39 |
| Offside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 39 |
| Offside Front Wheel bearing has excessive play (5.1.3 (a) (i)) | 39 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault |7.1.6 |a|| | 37 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 37 |