I'm looking for a German saying that embodies the idea that if you check something (a program, a device, a work etc.) and you find one obvious mistake/problem, then further mistakes/problems/errors will follow.

Something like *Where there's smoke, there's fire*. Or *The fish rots from the head*. But these are not really right in this context.

The concept is so common, there must be something.

Since it came up in comments, I'll explain why I think this concept is common:

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