| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 311 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 296 |
| Registration plate issues | 194 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 84 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 83 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 69 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 63 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 43 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 40 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 27 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 21 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 20 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 18 |
| Electronic parking brake warning indicates a malfunction (1.1.6 (e)) | 13 |
| Offside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 12 |
| Offside Rear Other passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle (6.2.3 (a)) | 12 |
| Offside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 11 |
| Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 11 |
| Brake pipe excessively corroded | 10 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault | 9 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 9 |
| Nearside Front Windscreen washer jets misaligned and not providing sufficient fluid to the windscreen (3.5 (a)) | 8 |
| Windscreen has damage | 8 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 8 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii)) | 7 |
| Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 7 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 7 |
| Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 6 |
| Nearside Rear Other passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle (6.2.3 (a)) | 6 |
| Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 6 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) | 6 |
| Windscreen damaged and affecting the drivers view of the road (3.2 (a) (ii)) | 5 |
| Front Windscreen washer jets misaligned and not providing sufficient fluid to the windscreen (3.5 (a)) | 5 |