| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Registration plate issues | 14 |
| Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.C.1b| | 8 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 7 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii)) | 4 |
| Nearside Rear Direction indicator not working |1.4.A.2c| | 4 |
| Rear parking brake recording little or no effort | 3 |
| Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b| | 3 |
| Offside Rear Direction indicator not working |1.4.A.2c| | 3 |
| Offside Direction indicators not working |1.4.A.2c| | 2 |
| All direction indicators not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 2 |
| Nearside Front wheel bearing has excessive play |2.5.A.3c| | 2 |
| Offside Front wheel bearing has excessive play |2.5.A.3c| | 2 |
| Nearside Rear wheel bearing has excessive play |2.6.2| | 2 |
| Offside Rear wheel bearing has excessive play |2.6.2| | 2 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value |1.4.2 |a| |ii|| | 2 |
| Hazard warning switch inoperative |4.4.2 |a| |ii|| | 2 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 2 |
| Nearside Front Front wheel bearing has excessive play |2.5.A.3c| | 2 |
| Parking brake lever defective so that it cannot be satisfactorily operated |3.1.3c| | 2 |
| Nearside Front Direction indicator not working |1.4.A.2c| | 2 |
| Horn not working |1.6.2a| | 2 |
| Parking brake: efficiency below requirements (3.7.C.1b) | 2 |
| Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f| | 2 |
| Front position lamp|s| missing |1.1.A.3a| | 2 |
| Rear wheel bearing has excessive play |2.6.2| | 2 |
| Stop lamp|s| not working |4.3.1 |a| |ii|| | 1 |
| Nearside Direction indicators not working |1.4.A.2c| | 1 |
| Indicator switch inoperative (4.4.2 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Rear reflector missing (4.8.2 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Parking brake lever defective so that it cannot be satisfactorily operated (1.1.6 (d)) | 1 |
| Centre Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a| | 1 |
| Centre Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a| | 1 |
| Offside Rear Direction indicator has less than 50% of the light sources illuminating |1.4.A.2c| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Direction indicators incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f| | 1 |
| Offside Rear Direction indicators not working |1.4.A.2c| | 1 |
| Offside Front Direction indicators not working |1.4.A.2c| | 1 |
| Offside Front Inner Track rod end ball joint has excessive play looks like nut lose (2.1.3 (b) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Inner Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Rear reflector missing (4.8.2 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Offside Rear reflector missing (4.8.2 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Offside Rear reflector missing |4.8.2 |a| |ii|| | 1 |
| Nearside Rear reflector missing |4.8.2 |a| |ii|| | 1 |
| Hazard warning switch inoperative not fitted |4.4.2 |a| |ii|| | 1 |
| Stop lamp|s| not working foot brake |4.3.1 |a| |ii|| | 1 |
| Offside Obligatory mirror missing |3.3 |a|| | 1 |
| Front Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b| | 1 |
| Rear fog lamp switch missing |4.5.3 |a| |ii|| | 1 |
| Rear fog lamp missing |4.5.1 |a| |ii|| | 1 |
| Direction indicators not working |1.4.A.2c| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Steering lock stop deformed and unserviceable |2.2.C.1d| | 1 |
| Speedometer not complete |6.7.2| | 1 |
| Offside Rear Rear wheel bearing has excessive play |2.6.2| | 1 |
| Main beam `tell-tale` not working |1.7.4c| | 1 |
| Nearside Front wheel bearing rough when rotated |2.5.A.2| | 1 |
| Offside Front Road wheel badly damaged |4.2.A.1a| | 1 |
| Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7| | 1 |
| Parking brake not fitted on at least two wheels |3.1.1| | 1 |
| Service brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.C.1a| | 1 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2| | 1 |
| Rear Rear reflector missing |1.5.1a| | 1 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm locating pin locking device missing |2.4.G.3b| | 1 |
| Front Front position lamp|s| not working side light |1.1.A.3b| | 1 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a| | 1 |
| Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a| | 1 |
| Rear reflector missing |1.5.1a| | 1 |
| Offside Front Front wheel bearing has excessive play |2.5.A.3c| | 1 |
| Offside Front Front wheel bearing rough when rotated |2.5.A.2| | 1 |
| Offside Front Front suspension has excessive movement at a wishbone pin or bush upper 2 A arms |2.5.A.1c| | 1 |
| Offside Front Front suspension has excessive movement at a wishbone pin or bush lower A bushes |2.5.A.1c| | 1 |
| Steering locking device missing lower colum buh split pin missing |2.2.C.1g| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Steering locking device missing wheel bearing split pin missin |2.2.C.1g| | 1 |
| Headlamp aim not tested |1.8.A.1c| | 1 |
| Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam |4.1.1 |a| |ii|| | 1 |
| Headlamp not working on main beam |4.1.1 |a| |ii|| | 1 |
| Rear reflector missing |4.8.2 |a| |ii|| | 1 |
| Rear Direction indicator not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Horn not working (7.7 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Direction indicator light intensity significantly reduced (4.4.3 (a)) | 1 |
| Offside Front Road wheel more than one fixing loose (5.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Headlamp switch faulty (1.7.1) | 1 |
| Stop lamp not working (1.2.1b) | 1 |
| Offside Front Front suspension has excessive play in a upper suspension ball joint (2.5.B.1a) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint (2.5.B.1a) | 1 |
| Nearside Rear wheel bearing has excessive play (2.6.2) | 1 |
| Centre Front position lamp(s) not working (1.1.A.3b) | 1 |
| Centre Rear reflector missing (1.5.1a) | 1 |
| Centre Front position lamp(s) missing (1.1.A.3a) | 1 |
| Speedometer not fitted (7.8 (a)) | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Wheel bearing has excessive play (5.1.3 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Rear Stop lamp not working (1.2.1b) | 1 |
| Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect |1.8.A.1b| | 1 |
| Stop lamp|s| not working On hand operated lever |4.3.1 |a| |ii|| | 1 |
| Central Rear Halfshaft securing bolt missing bearing casing plate (6.1.7 (a) (i)) | 1 |
| Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.4.G.2| | 1 |
| Nearside Obligatory mirror missing |8.1.1| | 1 |
| Offside Obligatory mirror missing |8.1.1| | 1 |
| Rear Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |
| Hazard warning lamps inoperative |1.4.B.1b| | 1 |
| Rear position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b| | 1 |
| Stop lamp not working foot brake |1.2.1b| | 1 |
| Indicator tell tale missing |1.4.A.2a| | 1 |
| Hazard warning tell tale not working correctly missing |1.4.B.1e| | 1 |
| Lower Steering column movement between the shaft and steering wheel bush |2.1.2b| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Front wheel bearing rough when rotated |2.5.A.2| | 1 |
| Offside Rear Wheel hub spigot mounting excessively worn |4.2.B.5| | 1 |
| Nearside Inner Rear wheel bearing has excessive play |2.6.2| | 1 |
| Offside Inner Rear wheel bearing has excessive play |2.6.2| | 1 |