| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 196 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 131 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii)) | 76 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 63 |
| Registration plate issues | 61 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 53 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 51 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 46 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 43 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 41 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 39 |
| Electronic parking brake warning indicates a malfunction (1.1.6 (e)) | 39 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 35 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 34 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 34 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 34 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 29 |
| Electronic parking brake control inoperative (1.1.6 (d)) | 22 |
| Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 20 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 20 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 18 |
| Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault (7.12 (e)) | 16 |
| Offside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 16 |
| Nearside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 16 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault | 16 |
| Electronic parking brake control defective so that it cannot be satisfactorily operated (1.1.6 (d)) | 16 |
| Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 13 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 12 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 12 |
| Nearside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 10 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 10 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 9 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.2.2 |g|| | 9 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 9 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 9 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 8 |
| Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 8 |
| Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i)) | 8 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 8 |
| Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 8 |
| Offside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 7 |
| Offside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 7 |
| Nearside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 7 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 7 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |4.1.1 |a| |ii|| | 6 |
| Nearside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 6 |
| Nearside Rear Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 6 |
| Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 6 |
| Nearside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 6 |
| Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 6 |
| Electronic parking brake warning indicates a malfunction |1.1.6 |e|| | 6 |
| Windscreen wiper not working (3.4 (a)) | 6 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 5 |
| Nearside Front Brake hose excessively twisted (1.1.12 (b) (ii)) | 5 |
| Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 5 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |4.1.1 |a| |ii|| | 5 |
| Nearside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 5 |
| Electronic braking system warning device indicates a fault (1.7 (b)) | 5 |
| Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 5 |
| Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 5 |
| Offside Rear Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 5 |
| Offside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 5 |
| Nearside Front Wheel bolt|s| missing |4.2.A.1e| | 5 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a| | 5 |
| Offside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 4 |
| Offside Rear Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 4 |
| Nearside Front Shock absorbers damaged to the extent that it does not function (5.3.2 (b)) | 4 |
| Nearside Rear Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 4 |
| Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) | 4 |
| Offside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 4 |
| Front Windscreen wiper not working (3.4 (a)) | 4 |
| Nearside Rear Wheel bolt|s| missing |4.2.A.1e| | 4 |
| Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam |4.1.1 |a| |ii|| | 4 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a| | 4 |
| Brake pedal has insufficient reserve travel (1.1.2 (a)) | 4 |
| Nearside Front Macpherson strut damaged and seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i)) | 4 |
| Windscreen damaged and affecting the drivers view of the road (3.2 (a) (ii)) | 4 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 4 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements |1.4.2 |a| |i|| | 4 |