| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 916 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 342 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 90 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 79 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 68 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 61 |
| Registration plate issues | 46 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 40 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 36 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 33 |
| Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 32 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 31 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 28 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 25 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 22 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 20 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii)) | 20 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 20 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 20 |
| Electronic parking brake warning indicates a malfunction (1.1.6 (e)) | 18 |
| Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 18 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 16 |
| Headlamp levelling device inoperative (4.1.5 (a)) | 16 |
| Offside Side repeater not working |4.4.1 |a| |ii|| | 15 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 15 |
| Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 15 |
| Horn not working (7.7 (a)) | 14 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 13 |
| Nearside Front Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 13 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 13 |
| Electronic parking brake control inoperative (1.1.6 (d)) | 11 |
| Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 11 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 11 |
| Offside Front Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 11 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 10 |
| Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 10 |
| Offside Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 10 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 10 |
| Offside Front Inner Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 10 |
| Nearside Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 9 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 9 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.2.2 |g|| | 9 |
| Nearside Front Inner Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 9 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault | 8 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 8 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 8 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 8 |
| Offside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 8 |
| Horn not working (7.7 (a) (ii)) | 8 |
| Nearside Rear Rear reflector defective or damaged by more than 50% of the reflecting surface (4.8.1 (a) (ii)) | 8 |
| Electronic parking brake control defective so that it cannot be satisfactorily operated (1.1.6 (d)) | 8 |
| Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 8 |