| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 1677 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 1044 |
| Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c)) | 164 |
| Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 157 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 151 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 121 |
| Registration plate issues | 120 |
| Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 103 |
| Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 101 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits (8.2.1.2 (b)) | 99 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 88 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturers specified limits (8.2.1.2 (a)) | 85 |
| Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 85 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 60 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 53 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 49 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 45 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 41 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds default limits (8.2.1.2 (b)) | 41 |
| Nearside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 38 |
| Offside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 38 |
| Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 38 |
| Nearside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3| | 34 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 33 |
| Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits |8.2.1.2 |c|| | 30 |
| Exhaust hydrocarbon content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits (8.2.1.2 (b)) | 29 |
| Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 28 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.1.2 |h|| | 28 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds manufacturers specified limits (8.2.1.2 (b)) | 27 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 25 |
| Reversing lamp inoperative (4.6.1 (a)) | 25 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 24 |
| Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 23 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits |8.2.1.2 |b|| | 22 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 22 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 22 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 21 |
| Offside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3| | 20 |
| Offside Rear Direction indicator not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 20 |
| Nearside Rear Direction indicator not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 20 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 19 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 18 |
| Windscreen has damage | 17 |