| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 747 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 617 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 260 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 250 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 181 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 174 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 158 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 114 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 107 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 104 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 83 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 80 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 76 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 74 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 59 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 58 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 50 |
| Nearside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 48 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 44 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i|| | 44 |
| Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c)) | 40 |
| Registration plate issues | 38 |
| Offside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 35 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 34 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i|| | 33 |
| Offside Front Upper Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 29 |
| Nearside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 25 |
| Offside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 24 |
| Nearside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 24 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i|| | 24 |
| Brake fluid contaminated (1.8 (a)) | 23 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i|| | 23 |
| Offside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 22 |
| Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 22 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 21 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 21 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 20 |
| Nearside Front Upper Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 18 |
| Reversing lamp inoperative (4.6.1 (a)) | 18 |
| Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i)) | 17 |
| Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour (4.4.3 (a)) | 17 |
| Emissions not tested (8.2.1.2 (d)) | 17 |
| Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases (6.1.2 (a)) | 17 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 16 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension component ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 16 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 15 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 15 |
| Nearside Rear Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 15 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 15 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 14 |
| Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 14 |
| Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i)) | 14 |
| Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 14 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i|| | 14 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 13 |
| Front Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i)) | 13 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint likely to become detached (5.3.4 (a) (ii)) | 13 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 12 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 12 |
| Offside Rear Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 12 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2| | 12 |