| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 629 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 300 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 82 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 78 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 74 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 48 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 29 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 28 |
| Registration plate issues | 23 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 22 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 21 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 17 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii)) | 17 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 17 |
| Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 15 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 15 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 15 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 14 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.2.2 |g|| | 12 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 11 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 11 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 10 |
| Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 10 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 10 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 10 |
| Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 9 |
| Horn not working (7.7 (a)) | 8 |
| Offside Rear Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 8 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 8 |
| Electronic parking brake control defective so that it cannot be satisfactorily operated (1.1.6 (d)) | 8 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 8 |
| Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 8 |
| Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 8 |
| Electronic parking brake warning indicates a malfunction (1.1.6 (e)) | 8 |
| Offside Front Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 7 |
| Nearside Front Inner Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 7 |
| Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 7 |
| Offside Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 7 |
| Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 6 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 6 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 6 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 6 |
| Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 6 |
| Nearside Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 6 |
| Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i)) | 6 |
| Horn not working (7.7 (a) (ii)) | 6 |