| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 1770 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 406 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 208 |
| Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c)) | 182 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 169 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 156 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 156 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 100 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 97 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 93 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 92 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 77 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 75 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 73 |
| Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 71 |
| Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 70 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 61 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits (8.2.1.2 (b)) | 58 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 52 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturers specified limits (8.2.1.2 (a)) | 46 |
| Offside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 39 |
| Nearside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 37 |
| Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 33 |
| Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour (4.4.3 (a)) | 33 |
| Registration plate issues | 33 |
| Emissions not tested (8.2.1.2 (d)) | 33 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 32 |
| Offside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 29 |
| Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases (6.1.2 (a)) | 28 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 28 |
| Exhaust hydrocarbon content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturers specified limits (8.2.1.2 (a)) | 28 |
| Exhaust hydrocarbon content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits (8.2.1.2 (b)) | 27 |
| Nearside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 27 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds default limits (8.2.1.2 (b)) | 27 |
| Offside Rear Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 24 |
| Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases (6.1.2 (a)) | 23 |
| Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits |8.2.1.2 |c|| | 22 |
| Offside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 22 |
| Nearside Rear Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 21 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits |8.2.1.2 |b|| | 20 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i|| | 19 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 19 |
| Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour (4.4.3 (a)) | 18 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 18 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 18 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 18 |
| Offside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn |1.1.14 |a| |i|| | 17 |
| Nearside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 15 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds manufacturers specified limits (8.2.1.2 (b)) | 14 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 14 |
| Nearside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn |1.1.14 |a| |i|| | 14 |