| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Registration plate issues | 64 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 25 |
| Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.C.1b| | 19 |
| Centre Rear position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b| | 14 |
| Rear Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b| | 12 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements |3.7.C.1b| | 12 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 10 |
| Parking brake lever has no reserve travel |3.1.6b| | 9 |
| Hazard warning lamps not flashing in phase, with ignition off |1.4.B.1f| | 8 |
| Offside Rear Direction indicator not working |1.4.A.2c| | 8 |
| Main beam `tell-tale` not working |1.7.4c| | 6 |
| Offside Front Upper Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2| | 6 |
| Nearside Obligatory mirror missing |8.1.1| | 6 |
| Direction indicators flashing more than 120 times a minute |1.4.A.2g| | 5 |
| Offside Obligatory mirror missing |8.1.1| | 5 |
| Horn not working |1.6.2a| | 5 |
| Offside Rear reflector missing |1.5.1a| | 5 |
| Nearside Rear reflector missing |1.5.1a| | 5 |
| Nearside Rear Direction indicator not working |1.4.A.2c| | 5 |
| Rear Rear position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b| | 5 |
| Rear brake binding | 4 |
| Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b| | 4 |
| Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7| | 4 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii)) | 4 |
| Nearside Indicator tell tale inoperative |1.4.A.2a| | 4 |
| Stop lamp remains on when the brakes are released | 4 |
| Offside Front Front wheel bearing rough when rotated |2.5.A.2| | 4 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a| | 3 |
| Nearside Front wheel bearing rough when rotated |2.5.A.2| | 3 |
| Offside Front wheel bearing rough when rotated |2.5.A.2| | 3 |
| Nearside Rear Direction indicator not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 3 |
| Nearside Front Direction indicator not working |1.4.A.2c| | 3 |
| Indicator tell tale inoperative |1.4.A.2a| | 3 |
| Offside Rear Rear wheel bearing has excessive play |2.6.2| | 3 |
| Offside Front wheel bearing has excessive play |2.5.A.3c| | 3 |
| Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 3 |
| Rear reflector missing |1.5.1a| | 3 |
| Centre Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b| | 3 |
| Nearside Front Front wheel bearing has excessive play |2.5.A.3c| | 3 |
| Centre Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b| | 3 |
| Service brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.C.1a| | 3 |
| Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bearing |2.4.G.2| | 3 |
| Nearside Front Wheel bearing rough when rotated (5.1.3 (b) (i)) | 3 |
| Rear Rear reflector missing |1.5.1a| | 3 |
| Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2| | 3 |
| Offside Front Direction indicator not working |1.4.A.2c| | 3 |
| Offside Front Upper Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bearing |2.4.G.2| | 3 |
| All position lamps not working |1.1.A.3b| | 2 |
| Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a| | 2 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 2 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 2 |
| Offside Rear Wheel nut|s| missing |4.2.A.1e| | 2 |
| Hazard warning tell tale not working correctly |1.4.B.1e| | 2 |
| Offside Rear Direction indicators not working |1.4.A.2c| | 2 |
| Fuel cap/sealing device does not fasten securely maintaining the sealing arrangement |7.2.4b| | 2 |
| Nearside Front wheel bearing has excessive play |2.5.A.3c| | 2 |
| Parking brake not fitted on at least two wheels |3.1.1| | 2 |
| Centre Front position lamp|s| incorrect colour |1.1.A.3e| | 2 |
| Rear Brake disc contaminated (1.1.14 (b)) | 2 |
| Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 2 |
| Brake lever has inadequate reserve travel |9.3.1f| | 2 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7| | 2 |
| Main beam tell-tale not working (4.9.1 (a) (ii)) | 2 |
| Rear Parking brake is not capable of being maintained in operation by direct mechanical action only |3.1.2| | 2 |
| Parking brake is not capable of being maintained in operation by direct mechanical action only |3.1.2| | 2 |
| Nearside Front Front wheel bearing rough when rotated |2.5.A.2| | 2 |
| Nearside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f| | 2 |
| Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Nearside Rear wheel bearing has excessive play |2.6.2| | 2 |
| Nearside Footrest insecure |9.6.1| | 2 |
| Nearside Front Wheel bearing has excessive play (5.1.3 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Offside Rear Wheel nut|s| loose |4.2.A.1e| | 2 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value |1.4.2 |a| |ii|| | 2 |
| Offside Front Front wheel bearing has excessive play |2.5.A.3c| | 2 |
| Rear parking brake recording little or no effort | 2 |
| Brake performance not tested |3.7.A.1| | 2 |
| Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2| | 2 |
| Offside Rear Rear wheel spindle securing nut|s| loose |2.4.A.2b| | 1 |
| Front Front wheel bearing rough when rotated |2.5.A.2| | 1 |
| Centre Rear Rear position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b| | 1 |
| Centre Rear Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b| | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Direction indicator missing |1.4.A.2b| | 1 |
| Offside Rear Direction indicator missing |1.4.A.2b| | 1 |
| Rear Rear position lamp|s| not working sidelight |1.1.A.3b| | 1 |
| Rear Stop lamp not working not working on control 1 or control 2 |1.2.1b| | 1 |
| Centre Rear Lower Front suspension locking device ineffective |2.5.A.4| | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Lower Front suspension retaining device ineffective |2.5.A.4| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Outer Track rod end ball joint dust cover insecure so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (2.1.3 (g) (ii)) | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Direction indicator obviously incorrectly positioned (4.4.3 (a)) | 1 |
| Offside Rear Direction indicator obviously incorrectly positioned (4.4.3 (a)) | 1 |
| Front Headlamp has a product on the light source so that the light output is severely reduced (4.1.4 (b)) | 1 |
| Rear Upper Shock absorbers insecurely attached (5.3.2 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Stop lamp(s) adversely affected by the operation of another lamp (4.3.3 (b)) | 1 |
| Offside Rear Stop lamp(s) adversely affected by the operation of another lamp (4.3.3 (b)) | 1 |
| Emissions not tested miss fire (8.2.1.2 (d)) | 1 |
| Stop lamp not working (1.2.1b) | 1 |
| Central Rear Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush (2.7.4) | 1 |
| Offside Front Upper Front suspension has excessive movement at a wishbone pin or bush (2.5.A.1c) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Track rod end loose nut loose (2.2.B.1d) | 1 |
| Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a upper wishbone bearing (2.5.B.1a) | 1 |
| Offside Front suspension has excessive play in a upper wishbone bearing (2.5.B.1a) | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Halfshaft nut loose (4.2.B.3) | 1 |
| Front front brake binding (3.7.B.1) | 1 |
| Rear Stop lamp(s) not working both sides (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Outer Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.2.B.1f) | 1 |
| Offside Front Inner Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.2.B.1f) | 1 |
| Hazard warning lamps not flashing in phase, with ignition off (1.4.B.1f) | 1 |
| Nearside Indicator tell tale inoperative (1.4.A.2a) | 1 |
| Nearside Lower Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2| | 1 |
| Central Front Upper Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases exhaust manifold to head |6.1.2 |a|| | 1 |
| Nearside Exhaust silencer insecure silencer |8.1.1 |b| |i|| | 1 |
| Horn not working |7.7 |a| |ii|| | 1 |
| Front engine mounting bracket insecure and likely to fail |6.1.D.1b| | 1 |
| Rear Body insecure and dangerous to other road users |6.1.B.1b| | 1 |
| Rear Brake performance not tested |3.7.A.1| | 1 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Rear wheel bearing has excessive play |2.6.2| | 1 |
| Offside Front Rear wheel bearing has excessive play |2.6.2| | 1 |
| Centre Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a| | 1 |
| Centre Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a| | 1 |
| Brake performance not tested (1.2.1 (g)) | 1 |
| Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Offside Rear Direction indicator not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Direction indicator not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Headlamp not working on main beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Roller brake test The less effective brake control does not achieve an efficiency of 25%. |3.3.A2b| | 1 |
| Lower Rear suspension bush has excessive free play |2.4.A2a|i|| | 1 |
| Nearside Upper Steering linkage has excessive free play |2.2.2| | 1 |
| Front Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a| | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Wheel nut|s| missing |4.2.A.1e| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Steering system has a road wheel fouling a part of the vehicle |2.2.D.2a| | 1 |
| Trikes, quads or pre-68 vehicles, service brake efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7| | 1 |
| Obligatory mirror missing |8.1.1| | 1 |
| Offside Obligatory mirror missing (3.3 (a)) | 1 |
| Rear Brake clevis joint insecure |1.1.15 |c|| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Inner Track rod end ball joint has excessive play |2.1.3 |b| |i|| | 1 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2| | 1 |
| IMPORTANT. Do not use failure or PRS against this item. For lighting defects please enter 5000 in the `Find item` box above. |9.1| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Upper Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn inner bushes (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Wheel bearing rough when rotated (5.1.3 (b) (i)) | 1 |
| Brake hydraulic reservoir fluid level below minimum level |3.6.G.1b| | 1 |
| Nearside Steering locking device missing |2.2.C.1g| | 1 |
| Offside Steering locking device missing |2.2.C.1g| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Direction indicator insecure |1.4.A.2b| | 1 |
| Offside Front Direction indicator insecure |1.4.A.2b| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Direction indicator flashing less than 60 times a minute |1.4.A.2g| | 1 |
| Offside Front Direction indicator flashing less than 60 times a minute |1.4.A.2g| | 1 |
| Offside Front suspension assembly has excessive free play in the pivot bearings |9.2.5d| | 1 |
| Centre Rear Upper Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b| | 1 |
| Offside Rear Lower Parking brake efficiency below requirements |3.7.C.1b| | 1 |
| IMPORTANT. Do not use failure or PRS against this item. For brake performance defects please enter 5575 in the `Find item` box above. |9.3| | 1 |
| Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i)) | 1 |
| Steering column top bearing excessively worn (2.2.2 (b)) | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing loose (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Rear Axle insecure Hub nut loose and split pin missing. (5.1.1 (b) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside front brake recording little or no effort |3.7.B.5a| | 1 |
| Offside front brake recording little or no effort |3.7.B.5a| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bearing |2.4.G.2| | 1 |
| Offside Front suspension has excessive play in a upper suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a| | 1 |
| Position lamp switch does not illuminate the front and rear position lamps with a single operation |1.1.A.2| | 1 |
| Headlamp switch faulty |1.7.1| | 1 |
| Stop lamp|s| not working from front brake control |4.3.1 |a| |ii|| | 1 |
| Rear Rear reflector missing |4.8.2 |a| |ii|| | 1 |
| Main beam tell-tale not working not working correctly sticks on for low and high |4.9.1 |a| |ii|| | 1 |
| Offside Front Track rod end ball joint worn to the extent there is a serious risk of detachment |2.1.3 |b| |ii|| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Steering linkage ball joint ball joint dust cover excessively damaged or deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.1.3 |g| |ii|| | 1 |
| Rear Lower Shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush |5.3.2 |c|| | 1 |
| Rear Lower Shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush link arm front bush |5.3.2 |c|| | 1 |
| Rear Parking |secondary brake| on a single line braking system has no recorded effort at a wheel no handbrake |1.3.1 |a| |ii|| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2| | 1 |
| Nearside Upper Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2| | 1 |
| Nearside Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2| | 1 |
| Offside Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Upper Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush |2.7.4| | 1 |
| Offside Front Upper Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush |2.7.4| | 1 |
| Offside Track rod end deformed and unserviceable |2.2.C.1d| | 1 |
| Offside Steering arm damaged and unserviceable |2.2.C.1d| | 1 |
| Offside Hand operated control valve unit insecure |3.2.2a| | 1 |
| Offside Front Steering locking device missing |2.2.C.1g| | 1 |
| Centre Front Brake pipe inadequately supported |3.6.B.1| | 1 |
| Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f| | 1 |
| Rear Trailing arm locating pin insecure |2.4.G.3a| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Inner Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement upper |2.4.G.2| | 1 |
| Offside Front Upper Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement inner |2.4.G.2| | 1 |
| Rear Stub axle has excessive vertical movement between stub axle and axle beam |2.5.A.1a| | 1 |
| Rear Suspension arm attachment bracket/mounting insecure |2.4.G.1| | 1 |
| Central Rear Suspension component likely to become detached diff |5.3.3 |a| |ii|| | 1 |
| Direction indicators flashing less than 60 times a minute |1.4.A.2g| | 1 |
| Direction indicator flashing more than 120 times a minute |1.4.A.2g| | 1 |
| Direction indicator incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f| | 1 |
| Suspension arm has excessive play in a track control arm inner bush |2.5.B.2b| | 1 |
| Offside Direction indicator not working |1.4.A.2c| | 1 |
| Offside Steering component is not secure to the vehicle structure |2.2.B.1a| | 1 |
| Nearside Steering component is not secure to the vehicle structure |2.2.B.1a| | 1 |
| Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b| | 1 |
| Rear position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b| | 1 |
| Speedometer cannot be illuminated. |6.7.3| | 1 |
| Offside Front Hazard warning lamps not flashing in phase, with ignition on |1.4.B.1f| | 1 |
| Offside Front Hazard warning lamps not flashing in phase, with ignition off |1.4.B.1f| | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Rear reflector missing |1.5.1a| | 1 |
| Rear Towbar component insecure |6.6.1| | 1 |
| Centre Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a| | 1 |
| Centre Front Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a| | 1 |
| Front Brake pipe inadequately supported |3.6.B.1| | 1 |
| Offside Brake master cylinder/servo mounting prescribed area is fractured |3.6.C.3| | 1 |
| Rear Parking brake efficiency below requirements |3.7.C.1b| | 1 |
| Nearside Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2| | 1 |
| Brake lever locking device missing |9.3.1c| | 1 |
| Nearside Inner Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2| | 1 |
| Offside Inner Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2| | 1 |
| Rear Trailing arm has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2| | 1 |
| Service brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7| | 1 |
| Offside Footrest insecure |9.6.1| | 1 |
| Offside Rear Trailing arm has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2| | 1 |
| Front Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b| | 1 |
| Centre Front position lamp|s| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance |1.1.A.3d| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Inner Track rod end ball joint worn to the extent there is a serious risk of detachment (2.1.3 (b) (ii)) | 1 |
| All direction indicators not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Wheel bearing has excessive play (5.1.3 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Direction indicators not working |1.4.A.2c| | 1 |
| Front Headlamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp |1.7.5c| | 1 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements |3.7.E.1| | 1 |
| Offside Front Upper Parking brake lever ratchet mechanism is excessively worn lever |3.1.5| | 1 |
| Offside Front Upper Parking brake lever is impeded in its travel lever |3.1.6c| | 1 |
| Centre Rear reflector missing |1.5.1a| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2| | 1 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2| | 1 |
| Centre Rear Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.4.G.2| | 1 |
| Rear Direction indicators not working |1.4.A.2c| | 1 |
| Offside Front Upper Front suspension has excessive play in a upper suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a| | 1 |
| Offside Front Lower Front suspension has excessive movement at a wishbone pin or bush |2.5.A.1c| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Radius arm ball joint dust cover missing |2.4.G.2| | 1 |
| Nearside Inner Front Radius arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2| | 1 |
| Offside Inner Front Radius arm ball joint dust cover missing |2.4.G.2| | 1 |
| Offside Outer Front Radius arm ball joint dust cover missing |2.4.G.2| | 1 |
| Offside Rear Brake disc contaminated (1.1.14 (b)) | 1 |
| Offside Rear reflector missing (4.8.2 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Hazard warning lamps inoperative inoperative when engine not running, turned off by ignition (4.4.1 (e)) | 1 |
| Stop lamp(s) switch with a delay in operation (4.3.2 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Rear brake disc has restricted free movement |3.5.1j| | 1 |
| Rear Parking brake efficiency below requirements |1.4.2 |a| |i|| | 1 |
| Service brake efficiency below requirements |1.2.2 |a| |i|| | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Mechanical brake component locking device missing |3.5.1l| | 1 |
| Offside Front Inner Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Outer Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Upper Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn both inner bushes (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn inner front bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 1 |
| Vehicle Identification Number not displayed (0.2 (a)) | 1 |
| Rear Trikes, quads or pre-68 vehicles, service brake efficiency below requirements |3.7.C.1a| | 1 |
| Headlamp insecure |1.7.3| | 1 |
| Offside Indicator tell tale inoperative |1.4.A.2a| | 1 |
| Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect |1.8.A.1b| | 1 |
| Front Headlamp lens seriously defective (4.1.1 (b) (ii)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Direction indicator not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Offside Rear Direction indicator adversely affected by the operation of another lamp (4.4.3 (b)) | 1 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 1 |