| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 3847 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 2895 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 2709 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 1683 |
| Exhaust emissions exceed manufacturers specified limit (8.2.2.2 (a)) | 1144 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 777 |
| Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 753 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g)) | 657 |
| Exhaust emissions exceed default limit of 0.7m-1 (8.2.2.2 (b)) | 492 |
| Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 463 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault | 382 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 352 |
| Registration plate issues | 275 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 259 |
| Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour (4.4.3 (a)) | 198 |
| Nearside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 195 |
| Offside Rear Other passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle (6.2.3 (a)) | 192 |
| Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 179 |
| Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault (7.12 (e)) | 173 |
| Exhaust emissions exceed manufacturer`s specified limit |8.2.2.2 |a|| | 170 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 153 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 150 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 148 |
| Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour (4.4.3 (a)) | 148 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 147 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) | 141 |
| Exhaust emissions exceed default limit of 0.7m-1 |8.2.2.2 |b|| | 140 |
| Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 135 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 127 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.2.2 |g|| | 121 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 118 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 115 |
| Parking brake lever has excessive movement indicating incorrect adjustment (1.1.6 (c)) | 113 |
| Brakes imbalanced across an axle | 110 |
| Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 100 |
| Nearside Rear Other passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle (6.2.3 (a)) | 98 |
| Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 91 |
| Brake lever has insufficient reserve travel (1.1.2 (a)) | 90 |
| Offside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 87 |
| Offside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 87 |
| Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 83 |
| Registration plate lamp issues | 82 |
| Offside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 79 |
| Offside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a| | 74 |
| Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 74 |
| Nearside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 73 |
| Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 72 |
| Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) | 72 |
| Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened | 71 |
| Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) | 71 |
| Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 69 |
| Exhaust on a vehicle fitted with a diesel particulate filter emits visible smoke of any colour (8.2.2.2 (d)) | 65 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii)) | 65 |
| Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 62 |