| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Registration plate issues | 71 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 70 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 23 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 21 |
| Offside Front Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 17 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 8 |
| Offside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 8 |
| Offside Front Inner Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 5 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 5 |
| Offside Rear Inner Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 4 |
| Offside Front Road wheel badly distorted (5.2.2 (c) (i)) | 3 |
| Nearside Front Inner Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 3 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 3 |
| Front Service brake excessively fluctuating both front (1.2.1 (e)) | 3 |
| Offside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 2 |
| Offside Front Road wheel badly distorted cracked (5.2.2 (c) (i)) | 2 |
| Nearside Front Inner Road wheel fractured cracked (5.2.2 (a)) | 2 |
| Rear Prop shaft flexible coupling excessively deteriorated (6.1.7 (d) (i)) | 2 |
| Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 2 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured inner rim. (5.2.2 (a)) | 2 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 2 |
| Nearside Rear Inner Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 2 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn camber (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 2 |
| Nearside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 1 |
| Offside Rear Exhaust system insecure (6.1.2 (a)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Central Rear Seat belt buckle not functioning as intended (7.1.2 (d)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Seat belt webbing significantly weakened (7.1.2 (b) (ii)) | 1 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn front arm play on rock test (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Rear Outer Seat belt not functioning as intended not locking in place (7.1.2 (c)) | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Outer Seat belt not functioning as intended not locking in place (7.1.2 (c)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel badly distorted cracked (5.2.2 (c) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fractured 2 places (5.2.2 (a)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel has a welding defect (5.2.2 (a)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Side repeater lens defective such that the emitted light is adversely affected (4.4.1 (b) (ii)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Bumper damaged and likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted (6.1.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn Camber arm (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 1 |
| Offside Front Brake hose excessively twisted (1.1.12 (b) (ii)) | 1 |
| Nearside Headlamp has a product on the lens so that the light output is severely reduced (4.1.4 (b)) | 1 |
| Drivers seat fore and aft adjustment mechanism not functioning as intended. (6.2.5 (b) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush likely to become detached spring arm shocker bush (5.3.4 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Front Windscreen washer jets misaligned and not providing sufficient fluid to the windscreen (3.5 (a)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Lower Shock absorbers damaged to the extent that it does not function Mount point damaged / cracked. (5.3.2 (b)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Lower Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak (5.3.2 (b)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Shock absorbers has negligible damping effect (5.3.2 (d)) | 1 |
| Front Windscreen washer jets misaligned and not providing sufficient fluid to the windscreen Both front washer jets inoperative (3.5 (a)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Direction indicator not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on main beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 1 |
| Offside Front Road wheel fractured inner rim fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fractured cracked x2 (5.2.2 (a)) | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Bumper damaged and likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted (6.1.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fractured CRACK IN ALLOY (5.2.2 (a)) | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured CRACK IN ALLOY (5.2.2 (a)) | 1 |
| Drivers view of the road through the swept area of the windscreen significantly affected by an obstruction (3.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 1 |
| Brake hose damaged | 1 |
| Offside Front Road wheel fractured inner rim (5.2.2 (a)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Inner Road wheel fractured Multiple fractures. (5.2.2 (a)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fractured INNER EDGE - MARKED WHITE (5.2.2 (a)) | 1 |
| Front Drive shaft likely to become detached rubber joint has large cracks (6.1.7 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Windscreen washer jets misaligned and not providing sufficient fluid to the windscreen (3.5 (a)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Drivers airbag obviously inoperative (7.1.5 (c)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Passengers airbag obviously inoperative (7.1.5 (c)) | 1 |
| Rear fog lamp switch missing (4.5.3 (a)) | 1 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured 2x cracks (5.2.2 (a)) | 1 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturers specified limits (8.2.1.2 (a)) | 1 |
| Front Lower Exhaust catalytic converter missing where one was fitted as standard (8.2.1.1 (a)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Bumper insecure (6.1.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Bumper damaged and likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted bumper cover projecting a pointed corner at join to wing panel (6.1.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Lower Body component damaged and likely to cause injury bumper cover trim insecure & projecting a pointed corner (6.2.1 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Headlamp insecure (4.1.1 (c)) | 1 |
| Brake performance not tested (1.2.1 (g)) | 1 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturers specified limits 0.64% (8.2.1.2 (a)) | 1 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds default limits 0.55% (8.2.1.2 (b)) | 1 |
| Exhaust catalytic converter missing where one was fitted as standard (8.2.1.1 (a)) | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Seat belt installation causes a lap belt to be incorrectly positioned across the occupant seatbelt twisted (10.1 (u)) | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing wheel bolt missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fractured cracked inner alloy (5.2.2 (a)) | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured cracked inner alloy x 2 (5.2.2 (a)) | 1 |
| Horn not working (7.7 (a)) | 1 |
| Indicator switch inoperative (4.4.2 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Both front lower. (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 1 |
| Offside Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Offside Rear Undertray likely to become detached badly damaged. (6.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Offside Rear Fuel tank insecure tank strap ripped off. (6.1.3 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Road wheel fractured Cracked in inner edge (5.2.2 (a)) | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fractured Inner rim (5.2.2 (a)) | 1 |
| Brake servo defective or ineffective grommet worn (1.1.10 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Road wheel has a welding defect Inner rim : two welding defects, both cracked / fractured. (5.2.2 (a)) | 1 |
| Windscreen damaged and affecting the drivers view of the road (3.2 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fractured crack in inner rim (5.2.2 (a)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Road wheel has a welding defect (5.2.2 (a)) | 1 |