| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 554 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 171 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 67 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 56 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 47 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 36 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 30 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 28 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 27 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 25 |
| Registration plate issues | 22 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 22 |
| Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 21 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 16 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 15 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii)) | 15 |
| Electronic parking brake warning indicates a malfunction (1.1.6 (e)) | 14 |
| Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 14 |
| Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 14 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 13 |
| Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 13 |
| Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 12 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 11 |
| Horn not working (7.7 (a)) | 11 |
| Electronic parking brake control defective so that it cannot be satisfactorily operated (1.1.6 (d)) | 11 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 10 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 9 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 9 |
| Offside Front Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 9 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn console bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 8 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 8 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 7 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 7 |
| Horn not working (7.7 (a) (ii)) | 6 |
| Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i)) | 6 |
| Headlamp levelling device inoperative (4.1.5 (a)) | 6 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 6 |
| Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (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 (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 6 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 5 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 5 |
| Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 5 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn console bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 5 |
| Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 5 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 5 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn Rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 5 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush likely to become detached (5.3.4 (a) (ii)) | 5 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush likely to become detached (5.3.4 (a) (ii)) | 5 |
| Nearside Front Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 5 |
| Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 5 |
| Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault (7.12 (e)) | 5 |
| Windscreen damaged and affecting the drivers view of the road (3.2 (a) (ii)) | 5 |