| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 483 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 372 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 323 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 305 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 302 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 284 |
| Registration plate issues | 162 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 69 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 56 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault | 49 |
| Electronic parking brake warning indicates a malfunction (1.1.6 (e)) | 37 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 35 |
| Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault (7.12 (e)) | 27 |
| Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 27 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 25 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 23 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 23 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 23 |
| Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 22 |
| Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 20 |
| Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 20 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 19 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 18 |
| Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) | 17 |
| Offside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 17 |
| Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 16 |
| Windscreen has damage | 15 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 15 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp levelling device inoperative (4.1.5 (a)) | 15 |
| Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) | 15 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 14 |
| Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 13 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 13 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 13 |
| Electronic parking brake warning indicates a malfunction |1.1.6 |e|| | 13 |
| Offside Rear Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 13 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 12 |
| Nearside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 12 |
| Oil leaking excessively from engine (8.4.1 (a) (i)) | 11 |
| Offside Side repeater not working |1.4.A.2c| | 11 |
| Nearside Rear Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 10 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault |7.1.6 |a|| | 10 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 10 |
| Offside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 10 |
| Power steering fluid level below minimum |2.3.1| | 10 |
| Nearside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) | 10 |