| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 71 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 71 |
| Registration plate issues | 64 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 13 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.1.2 |h|| | 12 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 12 |
| Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c)) | 12 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 9 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 8 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 7 |
| Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 6 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits (8.2.1.2 (b)) | 6 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturers specified limits (8.2.1.2 (a)) | 6 |
| Nearside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 5 |
| Nearside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 5 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 4 |
| Emissions not tested (8.2.1.2 (d)) | 4 |
| Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 4 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 4 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 4 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured |5.2.2 |a|| | 3 |
| Offside Rear Road wheel fractured |5.2.2 |a|| | 3 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii)) | 3 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 3 |
| Nearside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 3 |
| Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 3 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds default limits (8.2.1.2 (b)) | 3 |
| Parking brake lever ratchet not holding correctly (1.1.6 (a)) | 3 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel cracked |4.2.A.1a| | 2 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working |4.2.1 |a|| | 2 |
| Offside front brake binding |3.7.B.1| | 2 |
| Rear parking brake recording little or no effort | 2 |
| Nearside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side |1.4.1 |a|| | 2 |
| Nearside Rear Inner Road wheel fractured |5.2.2 |a|| | 2 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits |8.2.1.2 |b|| | 2 |
| Nearside Front Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 2 |
| Offside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 2 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 2 |
| Nearside Front Inner Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 2 |
| Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) | 2 |
| Offside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 2 |
| Offside Front Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 2 |
| Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 2 |
| Exhaust system insecure (6.1.2 (a)) | 2 |
| Offside Front Inner Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 2 |
| Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Parking brake lever defective so that it cannot be satisfactorily operated (1.1.6 (d)) | 2 |
| Brake hose has insufficient room to move | 2 |
| Rear Exhaust system insecure (6.1.2 (a)) | 2 |
| Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 2 |