| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 102 |
| Registration plate issues | 70 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 30 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 23 |
| Offside Front Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 23 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 17 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 15 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 12 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 10 |
| Offside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 9 |
| Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c)) | 9 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 5 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp insecure (4.1.1 (c)) | 5 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 5 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 4 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel has a welding defect (5.2.2 (a)) | 4 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 4 |
| Nearside Front Inner Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 4 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 4 |
| Brake performance not tested (1.2.1 (g)) | 3 |
| Offside Front Inner Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 3 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 3 |
| Windscreen damaged and affecting the drivers view of the road (3.2 (a) (ii)) | 3 |
| Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i)) | 3 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 3 |
| Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 3 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 3 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn Camber arm (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds default limits (8.2.1.2 (b)) | 2 |
| Offside Headlamp insecure (4.1.1 (c)) | 2 |
| Offside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fractured inner edge (5.2.2 (a)) | 2 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturers specified limits (8.2.1.2 (a)) | 2 |
| Nearside Front Bumper damaged and likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted (6.1.4 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Drivers view of the road through the swept area of the windscreen significantly affected by an obstruction (3.1 (a) (ii)) | 2 |
| Nearside Front Inner Road wheel fractured rim (5.2.2 (a)) | 2 |
| Offside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 2 |
| Nearside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Offside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Offside Rear Inner Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 2 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel badly distorted (5.2.2 (c) (i)) | 2 |