| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 278 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 123 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 87 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 73 |
| Registration plate issues | 55 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 35 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 26 |
| Offside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 21 |
| Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 19 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 19 |
| Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 18 |
| Nearside Headlamp insecure (4.1.1 (c)) | 18 |
| Offside Front Headlamp insecure (4.1.1 (c)) | 18 |
| Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 18 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 17 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp insecure (4.1.1 (c)) | 17 |
| Offside Headlamp insecure (4.1.1 (c)) | 16 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 15 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 14 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 14 |
| Nearside Rear Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 13 |
| Offside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 13 |
| Nearside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 13 |
| Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 13 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 12 |
| Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c)) | 11 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 10 |
| Offside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 10 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 9 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturers specified limits (8.2.1.2 (a)) | 9 |
| Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 9 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 8 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 8 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 7 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |4.1.1 |a| |ii|| | 7 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a| | 7 |
| Nearside Headlamp insecure |4.1.1 |c|| | 7 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 7 |
| Offside Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 7 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a| | 6 |
| Offside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 6 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.1.2 |h|| | 6 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 5 |
| Offside Rear Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 5 |
| Nearside front brake binding |3.7.B.1| | 5 |
| Offside Headlamp insecure |4.1.1 |c|| | 5 |
| Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 5 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 5 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits (8.2.1.2 (b)) | 4 |
| Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) | 4 |
| Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect |4.1.2 |c|| | 4 |
| Offside Rear Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 4 |
| Nearside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 4 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 4 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |4.1.1 |a| |ii|| | 4 |
| Headlamp cleaning device inoperative |1.7.2| | 4 |
| Front brake excessively fluctuating | 4 |
| Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 4 |
| Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt insecure (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 4 |