| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 299 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 106 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 90 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 80 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 69 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii)) | 66 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 63 |
| Registration plate issues | 55 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 49 |
| Electronic parking brake warning indicates a malfunction (1.1.6 (e)) | 45 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 34 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 26 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 24 |
| Offside Rear Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 23 |
| Electronic parking brake control inoperative (1.1.6 (d)) | 21 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 18 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 17 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 17 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 16 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 16 |
| Nearside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 15 |
| Offside Rear Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 15 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 14 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 13 |
| Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 12 |
| Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 12 |
| Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 11 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault | 11 |
| Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 11 |
| Nearside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 10 |
| Offside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 10 |
| Offside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 10 |
| Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 10 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 10 |
| Electronic parking brake control defective so that it cannot be satisfactorily operated (1.1.6 (d)) | 9 |
| Offside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 8 |
| Nearside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 8 |
| Offside Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 8 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 8 |
| Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 8 |
| Nearside Rear Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 8 |
| Horn not working (7.7 (a)) | 8 |
| Nearside Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 7 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 7 |
| Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i)) | 7 |
| Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 7 |
| Offside Rear Upper Shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush (5.3.2 (c)) | 6 |
| Electronic braking system warning device indicates a fault (1.7 (b)) | 6 |
| Offside Obligatory mirror seriously damaged, affecting the rear view (3.3 (b) (ii)) | 5 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 5 |
| Nearside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 4 |
| Nearside Rear Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 4 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 4 |
| Nearside Front Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 4 |
| Offside Front Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 4 |
| Drivers view of the road through the swept area of the windscreen significantly affected by an obstruction (3.1 (a) (ii)) | 4 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint likely to become detached (5.3.4 (a) (ii)) | 4 |
| Central Rear Seat belt buckle not functioning as intended (7.1.2 (d)) | 4 |