| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 1214 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 339 |
| Offside Rear Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 303 |
| Nearside Rear Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 280 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 159 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 134 |
| Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 117 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 93 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 87 |
| Registration plate issues | 75 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on main beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 72 |
| Offside Rear Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn trailing arm (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 66 |
| Nearside Rear Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn trailing arm (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 65 |
| Parking brake lever has excessive movement indicating incorrect adjustment (1.1.6 (c)) | 64 |
| Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i)) | 61 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 52 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 43 |
| Offside Front Headlamp not working on main beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 41 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on main beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 40 |
| Nearside Rear Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn Trailing arm (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 33 |
| Offside Rear Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn Trailing arm (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 33 |
| Offside Rear Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn trailing arm bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 25 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 24 |
| Nearside Rear Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn trailing arm bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 24 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 21 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 21 |
| Brake lever has insufficient reserve travel (1.1.2 (a)) | 20 |
| Offside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 17 |
| Offside Front Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 13 |
| Offside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 13 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 12 |
| Offside Rear Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn trailing arm front bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 12 |
| Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 11 |
| Offside Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 11 |
| Offside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 11 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 10 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 10 |
| Offside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 10 |
| Nearside Rear Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn trailing arm front bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 10 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 10 |
| Offside Rear Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn Trailing arm front bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 10 |
| Rear Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 10 |
| Offside Headlamp aim not tested (4.1.2 (b)) | 10 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 10 |