| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 503 |
| Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 291 |
| Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 280 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 228 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 125 |
| Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 80 |
| Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 72 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 63 |
| Registration plate issues | 58 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 46 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 38 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 37 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 34 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 31 |
| Rear Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 30 |
| Nearside Front Front passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle (6.2.3 (a)) | 25 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 24 |
| Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 23 |
| Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 22 |
| Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 21 |
| Front passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle (6.2.3 (a)) | 20 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 20 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 19 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 19 |
| Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 18 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 14 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 14 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 14 |
| Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 13 |
| Nearside Rear Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 13 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 13 |
| Nearside Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 13 |
| Offside Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 12 |
| Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 12 |
| Offside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 11 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 10 |
| Offside Rear Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 10 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 10 |
| Nearside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 9 |
| Offside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 8 |
| Offside Rear Shock absorbers has negligible damping effect (5.3.2 (d)) | 8 |
| Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i)) | 8 |