| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 419 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 154 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 107 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 91 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 75 |
| Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) | 75 |
| Offside Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) | 60 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 53 |
| Offside Rear Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) | 52 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 48 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 33 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 32 |
| Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c)) | 32 |
| Registration plate issues | 31 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 28 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 27 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturers specified limits (8.2.1.2 (a)) | 21 |
| Rear Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) | 19 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 19 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 19 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 16 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i|| | 16 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i|| | 12 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits (8.2.1.2 (b)) | 12 |
| Offside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 12 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds manufacturers specified limits (8.2.1.2 (b)) | 9 |
| Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault (7.12 (e)) | 8 |
| Exhaust hydrocarbon content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturers specified limits (8.2.1.2 (a)) | 8 |
| Exhaust carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds default limits (8.2.1.2 (b)) | 8 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 8 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 8 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush likely to become detached (5.3.4 (a) (ii)) | 7 |
| Exhaust hydrocarbon content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits (8.2.1.2 (b)) | 7 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush likely to become detached (5.3.4 (a) (ii)) | 7 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault | 7 |
| Rear fog lamp not working |4.5.1 |a| |ii|| | 6 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 6 |
| Offside 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 |
| Offside Rear Rear fog lamp not working |4.5.1 |a| |ii|| | 6 |
| Offside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 6 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 6 |
| Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits |8.2.1.2 |c|| | 5 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn Rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 5 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 5 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 5 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 5 |
| Offside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 5 |