| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 350 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 166 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 108 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 107 |
| Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) | 106 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 103 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 87 |
| Offside Rear Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) | 71 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 68 |
| Offside Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) | 55 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 36 |
| Registration plate issues | 36 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 32 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 30 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 27 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 26 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 26 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 16 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i|| | 16 |
| Rear Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) | 15 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i|| | 14 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 14 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 13 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 10 |
| Offside Front Inner Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 9 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 9 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.2.2 |g|| | 9 |
| Nearside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 9 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn Rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 9 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 8 |
| Nearside Front Inner Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 7 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 7 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn Rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 6 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 6 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 6 |
| Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault (7.12 (e)) | 6 |
| Offside Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 6 |
| Offside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 6 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn Rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 6 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 6 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush |5.3.4 |a| |i|| | 6 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 6 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 5 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 5 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn Rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 5 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush |5.3.4 |a| |i|| | 5 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 5 |
| Rear fog lamp does not emit a steady red light (4.5.4 (a)) | 5 |
| Rear fog lamp not working |4.5.1 |a| |ii|| | 5 |