| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 1154 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 740 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 214 |
| Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c)) | 136 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 130 |
| Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 119 |
| Registration plate issues | 104 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 103 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 96 |
| Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 96 |
| Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 92 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 90 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 86 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits (8.2.1.2 (b)) | 79 |
| Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 73 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturers specified limits (8.2.1.2 (a)) | 71 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 70 |
| Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 66 |
| Nearside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 44 |
| Offside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 41 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault |7.1.6 |a|| | 40 |
| Nearside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3| | 34 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds default limits (8.2.1.2 (b)) | 32 |
| Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 31 |
| Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault |5.4.2| | 30 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.1.2 |h|| | 28 |
| Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 27 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 27 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 25 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 24 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 22 |
| Exhaust emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits |7.3.D.3| | 22 |
| Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle excessive |7.3.D.3| | 21 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 20 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 19 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 19 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds manufacturers specified limits (8.2.1.2 (b)) | 19 |
| Exhaust hydrocarbon content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits (8.2.1.2 (b)) | 18 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working |4.2.1 |a|| | 17 |
| Offside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3| | 17 |
| Nearside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3| | 16 |
| Nearside Front Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b| | 16 |
| Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits |8.2.1.2 |c|| | 16 |
| Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 16 |
| Windscreen has damage | 15 |
| Emissions not tested (8.2.1.2 (d)) | 15 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits |8.2.1.2 |b|| | 15 |
| Offside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 15 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 15 |
| Exhaust hydrocarbon content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturers specified limits (8.2.1.2 (a)) | 14 |
| Offside Rear Direction indicator not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 14 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 14 |