| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 1528 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 822 |
| Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 171 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 156 |
| Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 145 |
| Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 121 |
| Registration plate issues | 106 |
| Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c)) | 92 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 89 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 86 |
| Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 63 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits (8.2.1.2 (b)) | 57 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 42 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturers specified limits (8.2.1.2 (a)) | 36 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 30 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 29 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 25 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 22 |
| Offside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 19 |
| Offside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 19 |
| Exhaust hydrocarbon content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturers specified limits (8.2.1.2 (a)) | 19 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds default limits (8.2.1.2 (b)) | 18 |
| Exhaust hydrocarbon content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits (8.2.1.2 (b)) | 16 |
| Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 16 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 15 |
| Nearside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 14 |
| Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 14 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 14 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 14 |
| Windscreen damaged and affecting the drivers view of the road (3.2 (a) (ii)) | 13 |