| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 3907 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 1033 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 972 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 510 |
| Registration plate issues | 451 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 383 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 177 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 159 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 152 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 129 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 117 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 116 |
| Rear Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 111 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 98 |
| Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 96 |
| Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 95 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 88 |
| Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 86 |
| Offside Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 74 |
| Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 68 |
| Nearside Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 67 |
| Windscreen damaged and affecting the drivers view of the road (3.2 (a) (ii)) | 63 |
| Offside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 62 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 61 |
| Nearside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 58 |
| Horn not working (7.7 (a)) | 56 |
| Offside Rear Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 53 |
| Offside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 53 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 51 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 50 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 48 |
| Nearside Rear Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 46 |
| Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) | 44 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 39 |
| Electronic parking brake control defective so that it cannot be satisfactorily operated (1.1.6 (d)) | 39 |
| Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak | 37 |
| Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 35 |
| Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 32 |