| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 543 |
| Registration plate issues | 447 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 373 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 218 |
| Brake pipe excessively corroded | 208 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 133 |
| Offside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a| | 117 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 73 |
| Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7| | 64 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 53 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 53 |
| Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault |5.4.2| | 47 |
| Nearside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a| | 46 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 43 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 35 |
| Offside Front coil spring fractured |2.4.C.1a| | 35 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 33 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 33 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 31 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault | 31 |
| Brake hose excessively deteriorated | 29 |
| Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 28 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 27 |
| Rear parking brake recording little or no effort | 26 |
| Offside Front Upper Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 25 |
| Parking brake lever has no reserve travel |3.1.6b| | 24 |
| Offside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a| | 22 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 22 |
| Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f| | 21 |
| Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f| | 20 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 18 |
| Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault (7.12 (e)) | 18 |
| Driver`s door cannot be opened from inside the vehicle |6.2.B.1b| | 17 |
| Nearside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a| | 17 |
| Windscreen has damage | 16 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault |7.1.6 |a|| | 16 |
| Exhaust emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits |7.3.D.3| | 16 |
| Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2| | 15 |
| Nearside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3| | 15 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements |1.4.2 |a| |i|| | 14 |
| Offside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3| | 14 |
| Rear brake binding | 13 |
| Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i)) | 13 |
| Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 13 |
| Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c)) | 12 |
| Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f| | 12 |
| Offside Front Upper Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2| | 12 |
| Offside Front coil spring incomplete |2.4.C.1a| | 12 |
| Nearside Front coil spring fractured |2.4.C.1a| | 12 |
| Nearside Front Lower Shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush (5.3.2 (c)) | 12 |
| Rear fog lamp not working |1.3.2b| | 12 |
| Horn not working |1.6.2a| | 11 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 11 |
| Offside Rear fog lamp not working |1.3.2b| | 11 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a| | 11 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii)) | 11 |