| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 550 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 342 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 211 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 125 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 119 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 80 |
| Registration plate issues | 56 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 54 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 49 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 43 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 43 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 42 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 40 |
| Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 37 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 36 |
| Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 34 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 32 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 29 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 29 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 27 |
| Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault (7.12 (e)) | 27 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 27 |
| Horn not working (7.7 (a)) | 27 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 26 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault | 23 |
| Electronic parking brake control defective so that it cannot be satisfactorily operated (1.1.6 (d)) | 22 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 22 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 20 |
| Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 19 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 19 |
| Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 19 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 19 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 19 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i|| | 18 |
| Electronic power steering warning lamp indicates a system malfunction (2.6 (a)) | 18 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i|| | 16 |
| Offside Front Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 15 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 15 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 15 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 14 |
| Electronic parking brake warning indicates a malfunction (1.1.6 (e)) | 14 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 13 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 13 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working |4.2.1 |a|| | 12 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 12 |
| Nearside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 12 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii)) | 12 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 12 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn Rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 12 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 11 |
| Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 11 |
| Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 10 |
| Horn not working (7.7 (a) (ii)) | 10 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn Rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 10 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn Rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 10 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 10 |
| Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i)) | 10 |
| Reversing lamp inoperative (4.6.1 (a)) | 10 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 10 |
| Exhaust emissions exceed manufacturers specified limit (8.2.2.2 (a)) | 10 |
| Nearside Front Upper Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 10 |