| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 827 |
| Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 610 |
| Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 600 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 424 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 352 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 176 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 134 |
| Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 124 |
| Registration plate issues | 120 |
| Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 107 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 105 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 80 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 73 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 67 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 61 |
| Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 59 |
| Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 57 |
| Rear Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 46 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 43 |
| Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 41 |
| Nearside Front Front passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle (6.2.3 (a)) | 40 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 40 |
| Nearside Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 38 |
| Front passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle (6.2.3 (a)) | 34 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 33 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 33 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 31 |
| Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has negligible damping effect (5.3.2 (d)) | 31 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 30 |
| Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 30 |
| Offside Rear Shock absorbers has negligible damping effect (5.3.2 (d)) | 30 |
| Offside Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 29 |
| Offside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 28 |
| Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 28 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 27 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 27 |
| Exhaust emissions exceed manufacturers specified limit (8.2.2.2 (a)) | 27 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 24 |
| Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 23 |
| Nearside Rear Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 22 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 22 |
| Offside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 17 |
| Nearside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 17 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 16 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 16 |