| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 613 |
| Registration plate issues | 161 |
| Brake pipe excessively corroded | 47 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 44 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 41 |
| Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 22 |
| Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c)) | 18 |
| Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 14 |
| Nearside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 10 |
| Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 10 |
| Offside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 10 |
| Offside Rear Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) | 9 |
| Exhaust emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits |7.3.D.3| | 8 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 8 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 8 |
| Offside Headlamp cleaning device inoperative |1.7.2| | 8 |
| Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative (4.1.6 (a) (ii)) | 8 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 8 |
| Offside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 7 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 7 |
| Nearside Headlamp cleaning device inoperative |1.7.2| | 7 |
| Offside Rear Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 7 |
| Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits |8.2.1.2 |c|| | 7 |
| Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault |5.4.2| | 7 |
| Headlamp cleaning device inoperative |1.7.2| | 6 |
| Nearside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside |1.8| | 6 |
| Horn not working |1.6.2a| | 6 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 6 |
| Offside Rear Position lamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp (4.2.3 (c)) | 6 |
| Nearside Rear Direction indicator not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 6 |
| Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i)) | 5 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 5 |
| Nearside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 5 |
| Offside Rear Direction indicator not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 5 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 5 |
| Offside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside |1.8| | 5 |
| Nearside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 5 |
| Nearside Rear Position lamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp (4.2.3 (c)) | 5 |
| Offside Rear Stop lamp|s| not working |4.3.1 |a| |ii|| | 4 |
| Nearside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b| | 4 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 4 |
| Offside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b| | 4 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturers specified limits (8.2.1.2 (a)) | 4 |
| Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 4 |
| Offside Rear fog lamp not working |1.3.2b| | 4 |
| Nearside Stop lamp(s) adversely affected by the operation of another lamp (4.3.3 (b)) | 4 |
| Offside Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) | 4 |
| Service brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.C.1a| | 4 |