| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 326 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 124 |
| Nearside Rear Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 64 |
| Offside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 57 |
| Offside Rear Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 55 |
| Registration plate issues | 51 |
| Nearside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 46 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 39 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 30 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 23 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 16 |
| Exhaust emissions exceed manufacturers specified limit (8.2.2.2 (a)) | 14 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 11 |
| Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 11 |
| Nearside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 10 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 10 |
| Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 10 |
| Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 9 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 9 |
| Nearside Front Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 8 |
| Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 8 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 7 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 6 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel badly distorted (5.2.2 (c) (i)) | 6 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 6 |
| Offside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 6 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 5 |
| Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 5 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 5 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 5 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 5 |
| Offside Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 5 |
| Nearside Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 5 |
| Windscreen damaged and affecting the drivers view of the road (3.2 (a) (ii)) | 4 |
| Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 4 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 4 |