| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 2102 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 1522 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 492 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 352 |
| Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 325 |
| Registration plate issues | 284 |
| Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 274 |
| Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 273 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 255 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 241 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 196 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 176 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 167 |
| Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 151 |
| Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 143 |
| Nearside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3| | 131 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 115 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 115 |
| Nearside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 110 |
| Offside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 103 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 102 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 98 |
| Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 93 |
| Offside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3| | 86 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 77 |
| Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault |5.4.2| | 76 |
| Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 76 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 71 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 67 |
| Offside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3| | 66 |
| Windscreen has damage | 65 |
| Offside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 65 |
| Nearside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3| | 63 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 59 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 58 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 57 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 56 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault |7.1.6 |a|| | 55 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 48 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 45 |
| Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 44 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 41 |
| Windscreen wiper blade insecure | 37 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working |4.2.1 |a|| | 36 |
| Nearside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b| | 35 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.2.2 |g|| | 34 |
| Nearside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect |1.8.A.1b| | 34 |
| Nearside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 33 |