| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 610 |
| Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 335 |
| Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 320 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 279 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 253 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 105 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 105 |
| Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 71 |
| Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 66 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 65 |
| Registration plate issues | 58 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 56 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 33 |
| Nearside Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 30 |
| Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 27 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 26 |
| Offside Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 25 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 25 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 24 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 23 |
| Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 23 |
| Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 21 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 19 |
| Nearside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 18 |
| Offside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 18 |
| Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 17 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 17 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.2.2 |g|| | 16 |
| Offside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 16 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 15 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 15 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 14 |
| Nearside Front Front passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle (6.2.3 (a)) | 13 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 13 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 13 |
| Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 13 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 13 |
| Windscreen damaged and affecting the drivers view of the road (3.2 (a) (ii)) | 13 |
| Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 12 |
| Offside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 11 |
| Offside Rear Shock absorbers has negligible damping effect (5.3.2 (d)) | 11 |
| Rear Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 11 |
| Front passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle (6.2.3 (a)) | 11 |