| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 3304 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 2494 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 2250 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 1870 |
| Exhaust emissions exceed manufacturers specified limit (8.2.2.2 (a)) | 1231 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 697 |
| Exhaust emissions exceed default limit of 0.7m-1 (8.2.2.2 (b)) | 579 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 508 |
| Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 499 |
| Exhaust emissions exceed manufacturer`s specified limit |8.2.2.2 |a|| | 357 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 350 |
| Exhaust emissions exceed default limit of 0.7m-1 |8.2.2.2 |b|| | 312 |
| Registration plate issues | 296 |
| Offside Rear Other passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle (6.2.3 (a)) | 248 |
| Offside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a| | 229 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 194 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 157 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault | 148 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 139 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 139 |
| Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 123 |
| Nearside Rear Other passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle (6.2.3 (a)) | 115 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 103 |
| Offside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 97 |
| Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 90 |
| Nearside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a| | 89 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 86 |
| Exhaust emissions exceed manufacturers specified limit 0.55 (8.2.2.2 (a)) | 85 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 85 |
| Parking brake lever has excessive movement indicating incorrect adjustment (1.1.6 (c)) | 84 |
| Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 83 |
| Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 81 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 81 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 80 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 79 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working |4.2.1 |a|| | 76 |
| Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 75 |
| Offside Front Position lamp not working |4.2.1 |a|| | 74 |
| Nearside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 73 |
| Exhaust on a vehicle fitted with a diesel particulate filter emits visible smoke of any colour (8.2.2.2 (d)) | 73 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 73 |
| Brake lever has insufficient reserve travel (1.1.2 (a)) | 67 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 66 |
| Offside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 65 |
| Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour (4.4.3 (a)) | 61 |
| Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 60 |