| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 39 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 15 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 3 |
| Registration plate issues | 2 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 2 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 2 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault | 2 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 2 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 2 |
| Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits |8.2.1.2 |c|| | 1 |
| Electronic parking brake warning indicates a malfunction (1.1.6 (e)) | 1 |
| Brake performance not tested (1.2.1 (g)) | 1 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 1 |
| Front Service brake grabbing severely (1.2.1 (c)) | 1 |
| Offside Rear Road wheel fixing missing wheel bolt missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 1 |
| Offside Rear Shock absorbers has negligible damping effect (5.3.2 (d)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn REAR (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn REAR (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn both side (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Headlamp levelling device cannot be operated from the drivers seat (4.1.5 (b)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Obligatory mirror seriously damaged, affecting the rear view (3.3 (b) (ii)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension component pin or bush likely to become detached (5.3.4 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension component pin or bush likely to become detached (5.3.4 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn Both sides (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Valve stem seriously damaged (5.2.3 (j)) | 1 |
| Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 1 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension component ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension component ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Oil leaking excessively from engine |8.4.1 |a| |i|| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 1 |
| Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn Both sides rear (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect |4.1.2 |c|| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Inner Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Electronic parking brake control inoperative (1.1.6 (d)) | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Upper Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear arm bush not lower arm (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Seat belt missing boot full unable to check (7.1.2 (a)) | 1 |
| Seat belt buckle missing boot full unable to check (7.1.2 (d)) | 1 |
| Offside Rear Upper Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear trail arm bushes not lower arm bushes (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Horn not working (7.7 (a)) | 1 |
| Additional braking device inoperative |1.5 |b|| | 1 |
| Offside Rear fog lamp not working |4.5.1 |a| |ii|| | 1 |
| Rear fog lamp switch inoperative |4.5.3 |a| |ii|| | 1 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 1 |
| Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault (7.12 (e)) | 1 |
| Electronic power steering warning lamp indicates a system malfunction (2.6 (a)) | 1 |
| Exhaust hydrocarbon content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits (8.2.1.2 (b)) | 1 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits (8.2.1.2 (b)) | 1 |
| Headlamp levelling device cannot be operated from the drivers seat level switch pushed back in dash (4.1.5 (b)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn arm rear bush deterioated & split (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn Brake reaction bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn Brake reaction bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn wishbone rear bushes split (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp aim unable to be tested no beam image lamp inoperative (4.1.2 (b)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Direction indicator not working wing mirror indicator not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn wishbone rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn wishbone rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |