| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 1101 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 869 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 365 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 315 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 276 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 208 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 140 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 134 |
| Registration plate issues | 119 |
| Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 119 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 115 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 112 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 107 |
| Offside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 104 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 96 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 94 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 87 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 86 |
| Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 79 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 76 |
| Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 73 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 68 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 65 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.2.2 |g|| | 64 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 64 |
| Nearside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 63 |
| Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 62 |
| Nearside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 60 |
| Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 57 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 56 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 55 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 51 |
| Offside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a| | 49 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault | 48 |
| Nearside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a| | 48 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 47 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 43 |
| Offside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a| | 43 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 42 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 40 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 40 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 40 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.1.2 |h|| | 39 |
| Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault |5.4.2| | 37 |
| Horn not working (7.7 (a) (ii)) | 33 |
| Offside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b| | 33 |
| Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 32 |
| Rear brake binding | 31 |
| Offside Side repeater not working |1.4.A.2c| | 30 |
| Windscreen has damage | 30 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 29 |
| Nearside Front Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 28 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 28 |
| Horn not working |1.6.2a| | 27 |
| Offside Front Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 27 |
| Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 27 |
| Offside Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 27 |
| Nearside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b| | 27 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 27 |
| Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i)) | 26 |
| Nearside Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 25 |
| Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 25 |
| Nearside Headlamp insecure |1.7.3| | 24 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault |7.1.6 |a|| | 24 |
| Nearside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 23 |
| Front brake excessively fluctuating | 23 |
| Offside Side repeater not working |4.4.1 |a| |ii|| | 22 |
| Nearside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a| | 22 |
| Brake hose excessively deteriorated | 22 |
| Nearside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3| | 22 |
| Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 22 |
| Offside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 21 |
| Offside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 21 |