| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 191 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 121 |
| Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) | 117 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 112 |
| Offside Rear Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) | 99 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 86 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 84 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 77 |
| Offside Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) | 77 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 75 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 33 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 32 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 31 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 21 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 21 |
| Rear Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) | 20 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 19 |
| Registration plate issues | 19 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault | 16 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 15 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 14 |
| Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault (7.12 (e)) | 12 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 11 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 10 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 9 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn Rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 9 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn Rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 9 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 8 |
| Electronic power steering warning lamp indicates a system malfunction (2.6 (a)) | 7 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii)) | 7 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 7 |
| Nearside Front Inner Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 6 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 6 |
| Nearside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 6 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 5 |
| Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 5 |
| Drivers view of the road through the swept area of the windscreen significantly affected by an obstruction (3.1 (a) (ii)) | 5 |
| Offside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 5 |
| Offside Front Inner Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 4 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 4 |
| Offside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 4 |
| Offside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) | 4 |
| Offside Front Upper Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) | 4 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 4 |
| Offside Rear fog lamp not working |4.5.1 |a| |ii|| | 4 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 4 |
| Offside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 4 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush likely to become detached (5.3.4 (a) (ii)) | 4 |
| Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 4 |
| Offside Front Direction indicator not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 4 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i|| | 4 |