| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 326 |
| Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 213 |
| Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 192 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 154 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 112 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 85 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 57 |
| Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 41 |
| Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 41 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 39 |
| Registration plate issues | 38 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 37 |
| Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 27 |
| Horn not working (7.7 (a)) | 24 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 23 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 22 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 18 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 18 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 17 |
| Nearside Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 17 |
| Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 15 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 15 |
| Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 14 |
| Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has negligible damping effect (5.3.2 (d)) | 13 |
| Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 12 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush likely to become detached (5.3.4 (a) (ii)) | 12 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 11 |
| Rear Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 11 |
| Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 11 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 11 |
| Offside Rear Shock absorbers has negligible damping effect (5.3.2 (d)) | 11 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 10 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 10 |
| Offside Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 9 |
| Nearside Rear Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 9 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 9 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 9 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 9 |
| Offside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 9 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 8 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 8 |
| Nearside Rear Seat belt buckle not functioning as intended (7.1.2 (d)) | 7 |
| Offside Rear Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 7 |
| Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 7 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush likely to become detached (5.3.4 (a) (ii)) | 7 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 7 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 7 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 7 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 6 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 6 |
| Reversing lamp inoperative (4.6.1 (a)) | 6 |
| Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Both (5.3.2 (b)) | 6 |
| Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Both (5.3.2 (b)) | 6 |
| Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 6 |