| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 586 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 352 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 92 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 72 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 44 |
| Registration plate issues | 33 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 27 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 26 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 24 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 17 |
| Parking brake lever has excessive movement indicating incorrect adjustment (1.1.6 (c)) | 16 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 16 |
| Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c)) | 16 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 16 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 15 |
| Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 14 |
| Central Rear Seat belt not functioning as intended (7.1.2 (c)) | 14 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 13 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 13 |
| Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 12 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 12 |
| Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) | 12 |
| Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 12 |
| Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 11 |
| Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 11 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn inner front wishbone bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 9 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 9 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 9 |
| Offside Rear Other passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle (6.2.3 (a)) | 8 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 8 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 8 |
| Brake lever has insufficient reserve travel (1.1.2 (a)) | 7 |
| Nearside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 7 |
| Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn both (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 7 |
| Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 7 |
| Horn not working (7.7 (a) (ii)) | 6 |
| Drivers view of the road through the swept area of the windscreen significantly affected by an obstruction (3.1 (a) (ii)) | 6 |
| Nearside Front Inner Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 6 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 6 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush likely to become detached (5.3.4 (a) (ii)) | 6 |
| Horn not working (7.7 (a)) | 6 |
| Nearside Rear Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 5 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 5 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush likely to become detached (5.3.4 (a) (ii)) | 5 |
| Offside Front Hydraulic brake calliper leaking (1.1.16 (b) (i)) | 5 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 5 |
| Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i)) | 5 |