| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 1311 |
| Registration plate issues | 731 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 722 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 362 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 286 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 196 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 150 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 119 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 113 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 94 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 94 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 88 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 85 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 73 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.2.2 |g|| | 72 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 72 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 71 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 69 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 64 |
| Offside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 62 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 57 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 53 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.1.2 |h|| | 46 |
| Nearside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 46 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 44 |
| Offside Front Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 44 |
| Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 42 |
| Parking brake lever ratchet not holding correctly (1.1.6 (a)) | 40 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii)) | 39 |
| Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 38 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 34 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements |1.4.2 |a| |i|| | 33 |
| Parking brake lever defective so that it cannot be satisfactorily operated (1.1.6 (d)) | 30 |
| Nearside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 30 |
| Nearside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 29 |
| Offside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 28 |