| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 71 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 50 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 44 |
| Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 34 |
| Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 29 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 24 |
| Registration plate issues | 24 |
| Offside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3| | 19 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 17 |
| Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 14 |
| Nearside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3| | 14 |
| Brake pipe excessively corroded | 13 |
| Rear brake binding | 13 |
| Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i)) | 10 |
| Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7| | 8 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 8 |
| Offside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 7 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 7 |
| Rear Mechanical brake component has restricted free movement | 6 |
| Nearside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 5 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 4 |
| Service brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7| | 4 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 4 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 3 |
| Offside Rear Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 3 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 3 |
| Nearside Rear Anti-roll bar pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 3 |
| Offside Rear Anti-roll bar pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 3 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements |1.4.2 |a| |i|| | 3 |
| Offside Front Direction indicator not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 2 |
| Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 2 |
| Offside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 2 |
| Offside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 2 |
| Headlamp cleaning device inoperative |1.7.2| | 2 |
| Offside Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative (4.1.6 (a) (ii)) | 2 |
| Offside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 2 |
| Rear parking brake recording little or no effort | 2 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 2 |
| Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c)) | 2 |
| Offside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 2 |
| Nearside Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Offside Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 2 |
| Nearside Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn |1.1.14 |a| |i|| | 2 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working |4.2.1 |a|| | 2 |
| Offside Front Position lamp not working |4.2.1 |a|| | 2 |
| Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.C.1b| | 2 |
| Windscreen wiper blade insecure | 2 |
| Front Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases (6.1.2 (a)) | 2 |