| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 218 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 88 |
| Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 61 |
| Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 40 |
| Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 33 |
| Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 33 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 30 |
| Registration plate issues | 27 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 24 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 22 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 20 |
| Offside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 17 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 16 |
| Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 11 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 10 |
| Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 10 |
| Nearside Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 9 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 8 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 8 |
| Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 8 |
| Offside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 8 |
| Nearside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 8 |
| Offside Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 7 |
| Offside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 6 |
| Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases (6.1.2 (a)) | 5 |
| Offside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 5 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 5 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 5 |
| Offside Obligatory mirror missing (3.3 (a)) | 4 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 4 |
| Rear Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 4 |
| Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 4 |
| Nearside Front Inner Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 4 |
| Offside Front Inner Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 3 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 3 |
| Offside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) | 3 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault | 3 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 3 |
| Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i)) | 3 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 3 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii)) | 3 |
| Nearside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 3 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel badly distorted (5.2.2 (c) (i)) | 3 |