| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 82 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 32 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 28 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 17 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 17 |
| Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases (6.1.2 (a)) | 8 |
| Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) | 8 |
| Registration plate issues | 7 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 7 |
| Front Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases (6.1.2 (a)) | 6 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 6 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 6 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 6 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 5 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 5 |
| Horn not working (7.7 (a)) | 5 |
| Nearside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 4 |
| Bonnet cannot be secured in the closed position (3.1 (b) (i)) | 4 |
| Emissions not tested (8.2.2.2 (e)) | 4 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 4 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 4 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative (4.1.6 (a) (ii)) | 3 |
| Offside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 3 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 3 |
| Offside Rear Anti-roll bar pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 3 |
| Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault (7.12 (e)) | 3 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative |4.1.6 |a| |ii|| | 2 |
| Nearside Front Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 2 |
| Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension component ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Rear Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) | 2 |
| Offside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 2 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 2 |
| Brake pedal anti-slip provision worn smooth (1.1.2 (c)) | 2 |
| Brake performance not tested (1.2.1 (g)) | 2 |
| Headlamp levelling device inoperative (4.1.5 (a)) | 2 |
| Battery insecure and likely to fall from carrier (4.13 (a) (ii)) | 2 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 2 |
| Nearside Front Lower Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 2 |
| Offside Front Lower Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 2 |