| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 7046 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 4750 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 3476 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 3251 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 3045 |
| Registration plate issues | 609 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 575 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 419 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 395 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 352 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 341 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 258 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 239 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 238 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 206 |
| Offside Rear Upper Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 182 |
| Nearside Rear Upper Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 180 |
| Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 173 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 169 |
| Nearside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 167 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on main beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 164 |
| Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) | 154 |
| Offside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 136 |
| Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 130 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on main beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 130 |
| Offside Front Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 126 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 126 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 117 |
| Horn not working (7.7 (a)) | 111 |
| Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 108 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault | 108 |
| Offside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 98 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 94 |
| Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 94 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 93 |
| Central Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases (6.1.2 (a)) | 91 |