| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 1115 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 388 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 85 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 82 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 63 |
| Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 46 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 46 |
| Registration plate issues | 37 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 35 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 34 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 34 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 32 |
| Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 29 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 24 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii)) | 23 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 22 |
| Electronic parking brake warning indicates a malfunction (1.1.6 (e)) | 22 |
| Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 17 |
| Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 16 |
| Offside Front Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 16 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 15 |
| Horn not working (7.7 (a)) | 14 |
| Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 14 |
| Electronic parking brake control defective so that it cannot be satisfactorily operated (1.1.6 (d)) | 14 |
| Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 13 |
| Headlamp levelling device inoperative (4.1.5 (a)) | 12 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 12 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 12 |
| Horn not working (7.7 (a) (ii)) | 12 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 12 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 11 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 11 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 11 |
| Headlamp levelling device cannot be operated from the drivers seat (4.1.5 (b)) | 11 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 11 |
| Brake performance not tested (1.2.1 (g)) | 10 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 10 |
| Electronic parking brake control inoperative (1.1.6 (d)) | 9 |
| Nearside Rear Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 9 |
| Offside Rear Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 9 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 8 |
| Electronic braking system warning device indicates a fault (1.7 (b)) | 8 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 8 |