| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 689 |
| Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 375 |
| Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 208 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 203 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 158 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 151 |
| Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 123 |
| Offside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 117 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 116 |
| Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 114 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 111 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 80 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 79 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 73 |
| Registration plate issues | 60 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 53 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 47 |
| Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 40 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 32 |
| Offside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 31 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 30 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 27 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 27 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 25 |
| Nearside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 25 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 24 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 23 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 21 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 20 |
| Offside Front Shock absorbers has negligible damping effect (5.3.2 (d)) | 19 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 19 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 19 |
| Offside Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 16 |
| Nearside Front Front fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) | 15 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 15 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 15 |
| Windscreen damaged and affecting the drivers view of the road (3.2 (a) (ii)) | 15 |
| Nearside Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 14 |
| Nearside Front Upper Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 14 |
| Offside Rear Hydraulic brake calliper leaking (1.1.16 (b) (i)) | 14 |
| Nearside Front Shock absorbers has negligible damping effect (5.3.2 (d)) | 13 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 13 |
| Offside Front Upper Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 13 |
| Rear Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 12 |
| Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 12 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush likely to become detached (5.3.4 (a) (ii)) | 12 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 12 |