| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 209 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 162 |
| Registration plate issues | 61 |
| Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c)) | 25 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 24 |
| Horn not working (7.7 (a) (ii)) | 23 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 20 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 18 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 16 |
| Horn not working |7.7 |a| |ii|| | 14 |
| Horn not working (7.7 (a)) | 13 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits (8.2.1.2 (b)) | 10 |
| Horn not working |1.6.2a| | 10 |
| Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 9 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturers specified limits (8.2.1.2 (a)) | 9 |
| Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 9 |
| Nearside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 7 |
| Nearside Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 6 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds default limits (8.2.1.2 (b)) | 6 |
| Nearside Rear Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 6 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 5 |
| Offside Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 5 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 5 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits |8.2.1.2 |b|| | 4 |
| Nearside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 4 |
| Offside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 4 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds manufacturers specified limits (8.2.1.2 (b)) | 4 |
| Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 4 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 4 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.1.2 |h|| | 4 |
| Nearside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 4 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 3 |
| Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 3 |
| Offside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 3 |
| Nearside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 3 |
| Nearside Rear Direction indicator not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 3 |
| Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 3 |
| Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits |8.2.1.2 |c|| | 3 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel badly distorted |5.2.2 |c| |i|| | 3 |
| Offside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 3 |
| Offside Front Hydraulic brake calliper leaking (1.1.16 (b) (i)) | 3 |
| Offside Front Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 3 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 3 |
| Nearside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating |1.2.1 |e|| | 3 |
| Exhaust catalytic converter missing where one was fitted as standard (8.2.1.1 (a)) | 3 |
| Nearside Front Service brake lagging in operation |1.2.1 |d|| | 3 |