| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 849 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 810 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 728 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 674 |
| Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 283 |
| Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 261 |
| Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 250 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 192 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 189 |
| Registration plate issues | 166 |
| Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 135 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 69 |
| Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c)) | 58 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 51 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 50 |
| Horn not working (7.7 (a)) | 34 |
| Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 34 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 33 |
| Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 32 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 31 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 31 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 29 |
| Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 26 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 25 |
| Offside Rear Lower Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 24 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturers specified limits (8.2.1.2 (a)) | 22 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 21 |
| Front Windscreen washer jets misaligned and not providing sufficient fluid to the windscreen (3.5 (a)) | 20 |
| Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 20 |
| Offside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 20 |
| Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Both (5.3.2 (b)) | 19 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 19 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 18 |
| Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 18 |
| Reversing lamp inoperative (4.6.1 (a)) | 18 |
| Windscreen washer jets misaligned and not providing sufficient fluid to the windscreen (3.5 (a)) | 18 |
| Nearside Rear Lower Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 18 |