| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 1285 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 322 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 94 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 78 |
| Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c)) | 63 |
| Central Rear Seat belt not functioning as intended (7.1.2 (c)) | 52 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 44 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 42 |
| Registration plate issues | 35 |
| Nearside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 32 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 32 |
| Offside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 30 |
| Horn sound not in accordance with requirements (7.7 (c)) | 29 |
| Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 28 |
| Central Rear Seat belt buckle not functioning as intended (7.1.2 (d)) | 27 |
| Offside Front Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 24 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 23 |
| Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 14 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 14 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 13 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 12 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 12 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush likely to become detached (5.3.4 (a) (ii)) | 11 |
| Nearside Front Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 10 |
| Nearside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 10 |
| Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 10 |
| Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i)) | 10 |
| Offside Front Front fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) | 9 |
| Nearside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i)) | 9 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel badly distorted (5.2.2 (c) (i)) | 8 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 8 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 8 |
| Front fog lamp switch not operating in accordance with the requirements (4.5.3 (a)) | 8 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn front bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 8 |
| Horn not working (7.7 (a)) | 8 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn front bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 8 |
| Fuel cap/sealing device missing (6.1.3 (b) (i)) | 8 |
| Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i)) | 8 |
| Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i)) | 8 |