| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 1347 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 650 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 407 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 350 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 278 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 244 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 189 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 141 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 89 |
| Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault (7.12 (e)) | 80 |
| Registration plate issues | 59 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 59 |
| Nearside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 58 |
| Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 57 |
| Offside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 54 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 49 |
| Nearside Rear Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 48 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 41 |
| Horn not working (7.7 (a) (ii)) | 41 |
| Offside Rear Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 39 |
| Front Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases (6.1.2 (a)) | 38 |
| Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c)) | 37 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.1.2 |h|| | 36 |
| Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 35 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 33 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 33 |
| Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 28 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 26 |
| Horn not working |1.6.2a| | 26 |
| Horn not working |7.7 |a| |ii|| | 25 |
| Horn not working (7.7 (a)) | 25 |
| Offside Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 23 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 22 |
| Nearside Stop lamp|s| not working |4.3.1 |a| |ii|| | 21 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 21 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 21 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 21 |
| Nearside Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 20 |
| Offside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 20 |
| Nearside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b| | 19 |
| Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i)) | 19 |
| Nearside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 19 |
| Reversing lamp inoperative (4.6.1 (a)) | 18 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 18 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 17 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 17 |