| Most common failures | No# failures |
|---|
| Registration plate issues | 2 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii)) | 2 |
| Rear position lamp|s| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance |1.1.A.3d| | 2 |
| Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b| | 2 |
| Centre Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b| | 1 |
| Offside Headlamp aim does not move downwards when dipped |British American headlamp| |1.8.C.4| | 1 |
| Direction indicators not working |1.4.A.2c| | 1 |
| Horn is a siren |1.6.2c| | 1 |
| Hazard warning switch missing |1.4.B.1d| | 1 |
| Rear Braking system leaking |3.6.A.1| | 1 |
| Parking brake is not capable of being maintained in operation by direct mechanical action only |3.1.2| | 1 |
| Obligatory mirror missing |8.1.1| | 1 |
| Rear Rear reflector missing |1.5.1a| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Wheel nut|s| loose |4.2.A.1e| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Upper Front suspension retaining device missing |2.5.A.4| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Steering system has a road wheel fouling a part of the vehicle |2.2.D.2a| | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Front suspension retaining device missing |2.5.A.4| | 1 |
| Trikes, quads or pre-68 vehicles, service brake efficiency below requirements |3.7.C.1a| | 1 |
| Vehicle Identification Number not permanently displayed |6.3.5.a| | 1 |
| Offside Front Steering locking device missing |2.2.C.1g| | 1 |
| Offside Front Upper Steering locking device missing |2.2.C.1g| | 1 |
| Offside Steering locking device missing |2.2.C.1g| | 1 |
| Nearside Rear Wheel nut|s| loose |4.2.A.1e| | 1 |
| Exhaust noise is clearly in excess of that emitted by a similar vehicle fitted with a standard silencer in average condition |8.1.1 |a|| | 1 |
| Rear Rear position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b| | 1 |
| Horn not working |1.6.2a| | 1 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements |3.7.C.1b| | 1 |
| Rear position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b| | 1 |
| Nearside Rear reflector not facing the rear |1.5.1a| | 1 |
| Offside Rear reflector not facing the rear |1.5.1a| | 1 |
| Fluid leaking continuously posing a serious risk to road safety fuel from carb |8.4.1 |a| |ii|| | 1 |
| Drive chain excessively worn loose |6.1.7 |c| |i|| | 1 |
| Drive chain excessively worn rear sprocket |6.1.7 |c| |i|| | 1 |
| Rear reflector missing |4.8.2 |a| |ii|| | 1 |
| Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i|| | 1 |
| Offside Front Upper Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i|| | 1 |
| Offside Front Road wheel badly distorted |5.2.2 |c| |i|| | 1 |
| Horn not working |7.7 |a| |ii|| | 1 |
| Offside Headlamp not working on main beam |4.1.1 |a| |ii|| | 1 |
| Parking brake efficiency below requirements |1.4.2 |a| |i|| | 1 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) | 1 |