| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 611 |
| Registration plate issues | 275 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 256 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 175 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 167 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 167 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 165 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 116 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 85 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 72 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 41 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 41 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i|| | 35 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 32 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 30 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn rear arm (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 25 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i|| | 22 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn rear arm (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 21 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 20 |
| Windscreen damaged and affecting the drivers view of the road (3.2 (a) (ii)) | 19 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn rear (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 19 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn rear (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 17 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i|| | 14 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn Camber arm (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 14 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn spring link (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 14 |
| Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 14 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 13 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn camber arm (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 12 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 11 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i|| | 10 |