| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 497 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 283 |
| Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively | 235 |
| Headlamp aim out of alignment | 228 |
| Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 78 |
| Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) | 68 |
| Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 60 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h)) | 48 |
| Registration plate issues | 26 |
| Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 26 |
| Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i|| | 24 |
| Nearside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 16 |
| Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 12 |
| Windscreen washer not working | 11 |
| Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 10 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 10 |
| Offside Front Lower Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) | 10 |
| Offside Rear Other passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle (6.2.3 (a)) | 9 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) | 9 |
| Parking brake lever has excessive movement indicating incorrect adjustment (1.1.6 (c)) | 9 |
| Brake lever has insufficient reserve travel (1.1.2 (a)) | 8 |
| Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 8 |
| Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 8 |
| Offside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) | 8 |
| Offside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) | 7 |
| Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a)) | 7 |
| Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii)) | 7 |
| Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.1.2 |h|| | 6 |
| Offside Rear Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) | 6 |
| Nearside Rear Other passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle (6.2.3 (a)) | 6 |
| Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c)) | 6 |
| Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour (4.4.3 (a)) | 6 |
| Offside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a| | 6 |
| Offside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i)) | 6 |
| Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii)) | 6 |