As Toronto continues to wait for Bombardier to deliver the remainder of the very delayed new streetcars, a staff report says the few already on the road, are having problems much sooner than they should.

The report, which is scheduled to be presented to the TTC board on Wednesday, found that the streetcars are failing six times quicker than anticipated.

The target distance between failures was set at 35,000 kilometres. The report shows the cars are failing after only 5,696 kilometres.

But the TTC is down playing it, saying it’s just part of the process.

“This is perfectly normal. These are things that (you) really don’t need to worry about until you have a substantial number of vehicles in the fleet,” TTC spokesperson Brad Ross explained. “If we start to see a trend going the other way at 60, that becomes a bigger concern then.”

According to the TTC, all 30 cars have had at least one minor issue.

Ross said when people hear the word failure, they tend to think it’s a huge problem but that’s not necessarily the case.

Some of the streetcar failures include issues with the doors, seating issues, electrical problems.

“After 5,000 kilometres, on average, we might see a door problem or there might be some brake issue or there might be some intercom issue,” Ross said. “These are minor kinds of issues. These are not major show stoppers for the vehicle.”

He said the issues are tracked to determine if it’s just one car or a consistent flaw that needs to be brought up to Bombardier.

“It’s far too early yet to say that the new streetcars are not reliable. This is part of growing pains that you have with a new vehicle like this,” Ross said.

According to the TTC, the door issues are the most common found on the new streetcars. The issue has been forwarded to Bombardier.

The next new streetcar is scheduled to be delivered next week.

Ross added that releasing this information to the public is part of the TTC’s efforts for transparency and not cause for alarm.

The battle to get the new streetcars from Bombardier has been a long one.

Last month, Mayor John Tory penned a letter to the president of the Montreal-based company, expressing concern and frustration over the delivery of 204 new streetcars and threatening legal action as a result.

The delay caused a streetcar shortage over the winter as legacy streetcars were taken off the road with nothing to replace them.

By the end of 2017, the revised schedule would have 40 new streetcars on the streets. The following year 76 new streetcars will be delivered. In 2019 the remaining 58 streetcars will be delivered, completing the 204 fleet.

Despite the delays, TTC CEO Andy Byford remains optimistic about the future of the country’s largest transit system.

On Saturday, Byford told The Toronto Star he believes the TTC will be back to being “number one in North America by the end of this year.”

Other major TTC failings in the report: