| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 445 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 430 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 374 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 294 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 286 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 190 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 120 |
| Registration plate issues | 109 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault | 106 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 93 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 67 |
| Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 51 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 49 |
| Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault (7.12 (e)) | 48 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 43 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 40 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 39 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 37 |
| Electronic parking brake warning indicates a malfunction (1.1.6 (e)) | 35 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 30 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii)) | 29 |
| Nearside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b| | 29 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 28 |
| Offside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a| | 27 |
| Nearside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 27 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 27 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.2.2 |g|| | 27 |
| Offside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b| | 26 |
| Offside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a| | 26 |
| Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) | 26 |
| Nearside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 26 |
| Offside Rear Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 25 |
| Nearside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a| | 24 |
| Offside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 23 |
| Offside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 22 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 21 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 21 |
| Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 21 |
| Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault |5.4.2| | 21 |
| Nearside Rear position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b| | 20 |
| Offside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 20 |
| Offside Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) | 19 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 18 |
| Nearside Rear Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 18 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 18 |
| Offside Rear position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b| | 18 |
| Electronic parking brake warning indicates a malfunction |3.1.7| | 18 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 17 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.1.2 |h|| | 17 |
| Windscreen has damage | 16 |
| Nearside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a| | 15 |
| Nearside Rear Inner Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 15 |
| Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 15 |
| Front brake excessively fluctuating | 15 |
| Offside Rear Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b| | 14 |
| Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 14 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a| | 14 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault |7.1.6 |a|| | 14 |
| Fuel system component leaking |7.2.3| | 14 |
| Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i)) | 13 |
| Oil leaking excessively from engine (8.4.1 (a) (i)) | 13 |
| Offside Front Position lamp not working |4.2.1 |a|| | 12 |
| Offside Rear Position lamp not working |4.2.1 |a|| | 12 |
| Nearside Rear Position lamp not working |4.2.1 |a|| | 12 |