| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 576 |
| Brake pipe excessively corroded | 279 |
| Registration plate issues | 196 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault | 185 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 130 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 123 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 113 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 100 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 71 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 54 |
| Nearside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a| | 50 |
| Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault (7.12 (e)) | 48 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 40 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 40 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 38 |
| Offside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a| | 32 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 31 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 30 |
| Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault |5.4.2| | 29 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 29 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 28 |
| Offside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a| | 27 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 26 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 24 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 24 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 23 |
| Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 23 |
| Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour (4.4.3 (a)) | 23 |
| Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 22 |
| Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 22 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 21 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 21 |
| Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 19 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 19 |
| Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour (4.4.3 (a)) | 18 |
| Electronic stability system warning lamp indicates a fault |3.4.1c| | 18 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 18 |
| Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour |4.4.3 |a|| | 17 |
| Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault |7.12 |e|| | 16 |
| Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour |4.4.3 |a|| | 16 |
| Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f| | 16 |
| Offside Front Lower Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 15 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.1.2 |h|| | 14 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 14 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 14 |
| Offside Side repeater not working |1.4.A.2c| | 14 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 14 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault |7.1.6 |a|| | 13 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 13 |
| Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f| | 13 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a| | 12 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 12 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a| | 12 |
| Nearside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a| | 12 |
| Nearside Side repeater not working |1.4.A.2c| | 12 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 12 |
| Nearside Front Lower Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 11 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 11 |
| Nearside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect |1.8.A.1b| | 10 |
| Front brake excessively fluctuating | 10 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 10 |
| Horn not working |1.6.2a| | 9 |
| Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c)) | 9 |
| Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 9 |
| Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 9 |