| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 166 |
| Registration plate issues | 151 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 64 |
| Offside Front Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 48 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 45 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 34 |
| Offside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 26 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 24 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 21 |
| Offside Front Inner Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 13 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 13 |
| Nearside Rear Inner Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 10 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 10 |
| Nearside Front Inner Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 9 |
| Offside Rear Inner Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 8 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 8 |
| Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c)) | 8 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 8 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 7 |
| Rear Prop shaft flexible coupling excessively deteriorated (6.1.7 (d) (i)) | 5 |
| Offside Front Road wheel badly distorted (5.2.2 (c) (i)) | 5 |
| Offside Front Headlamp insecure (4.1.1 (c)) | 5 |
| Offside Front 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 |
| Windscreen damaged and affecting the drivers view of the road (3.2 (a) (ii)) | 4 |
| Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 4 |
| Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i)) | 4 |
| Offside Headlamp insecure (4.1.1 (c)) | 4 |
| Offside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 3 |
| Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 3 |
| Offside Front Road wheel badly distorted cracked (5.2.2 (c) (i)) | 3 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 3 |
| Nearside Front Inner Road wheel fractured cracked (5.2.2 (a)) | 3 |
| Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 3 |
| Offside Front Road wheel fractured inner rim (5.2.2 (a)) | 3 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturers specified limits (8.2.1.2 (a)) | 3 |
| Front Service brake excessively fluctuating both front (1.2.1 (e)) | 3 |
| Nearside Headlamp insecure (4.1.1 (c)) | 3 |
| Exhaust catalytic converter missing where one was fitted as standard (8.2.1.1 (a)) | 3 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp insecure (4.1.1 (c)) | 3 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel has a welding defect (5.2.2 (a)) | 3 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn spring control arm (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 3 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds manufacturers specified limits (8.2.1.2 (b)) | 3 |