| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 1522 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 652 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 385 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 383 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 351 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 296 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 224 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 211 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 143 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 133 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 119 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 70 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 62 |
| Registration plate issues | 58 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 56 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 52 |
| Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 51 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 49 |
| Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c)) | 44 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 40 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 40 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 38 |
| Central Rear Seat belt not functioning as intended (7.1.2 (c)) | 33 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 33 |
| Parking brake lever has excessive movement indicating incorrect adjustment (1.1.6 (c)) | 30 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 30 |
| Offside Rear Other passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle (6.2.3 (a)) | 29 |
| Nearside Front Inner Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 29 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 28 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 28 |
| Offside Front Inner Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 27 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 23 |
| Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 20 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush likely to become detached (5.3.4 (a) (ii)) | 20 |
| Horn not working (7.7 (a)) | 20 |
| Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 18 |
| Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) | 18 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush likely to become detached (5.3.4 (a) (ii)) | 18 |
| Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 17 |
| Nearside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 17 |
| Offside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 17 |
| Brake lever has insufficient reserve travel (1.1.2 (a)) | 16 |
| Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 16 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 16 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 16 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn Rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 16 |