| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 1006 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 548 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 188 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 164 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 144 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 119 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 78 |
| Registration plate issues | 74 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 69 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 60 |
| Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 59 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 58 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 53 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 49 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault | 45 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 42 |
| Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 40 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii)) | 40 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 40 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 39 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 38 |
| Horn not working (7.7 (a)) | 36 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 34 |
| Electronic parking brake warning indicates a malfunction (1.1.6 (e)) | 33 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 31 |
| Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault (7.12 (e)) | 31 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 29 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 26 |
| Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 26 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 26 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 24 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 23 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 23 |
| Headlamp levelling device inoperative (4.1.5 (a)) | 22 |
| Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 21 |
| Offside Front Inner Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 21 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 20 |
| Electronic parking brake control inoperative (1.1.6 (d)) | 19 |
| Electronic power steering warning lamp indicates a system malfunction (2.6 (a)) | 19 |
| Nearside Front Inner Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 19 |
| Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 18 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 18 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 17 |
| Electronic parking brake control defective so that it cannot be satisfactorily operated (1.1.6 (d)) | 17 |
| Offside Front Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 16 |
| Offside Side repeater not working |4.4.1 |a| |ii|| | 15 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 14 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 14 |
| Nearside Front Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 14 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 14 |
| Offside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 13 |
| Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 13 |