| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 4246 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 2482 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 2051 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 1626 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 1298 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 1287 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 565 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 509 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 482 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 388 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 355 |
| Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 332 |
| Registration plate issues | 278 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on main beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 237 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on main beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 215 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 205 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 205 |
| Offside Front Headlamp not working on main beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 160 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.2.2 |g|| | 146 |
| Nearside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 138 |
| Offside Front Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 135 |
| Offside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 111 |
| Nearside Rear Upper Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 106 |
| Offside Rear Upper Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 101 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 99 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 86 |
| Nearside Front Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 85 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |4.1.1 |a| |ii|| | 80 |
| Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) | 77 |
| Nearside Headlamp aim not tested (4.1.2 (b)) | 76 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 71 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam |4.1.1 |a| |ii|| | 65 |
| Offside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 64 |
| Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 62 |
| Horn not working (7.7 (a)) | 60 |
| Offside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 60 |
| Offside Rear Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) | 59 |
| Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 58 |
| Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 56 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 56 |
| Offside Headlamp aim not tested (4.1.2 (b)) | 53 |