MOT Check for BMW 3-SERIESs

The BMW 3-SERIES makes up 10,549,568 of the overall 25,932,658 BMW MOT test results. Select your 3-SERIES model year below to find the specific problems.

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Some examples of the most common issues are:
Offside Rear coil spring fractured  Occurs:42,061 times
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a track control arm inner bush  Occurs:1,123 times
Nearside Front Direction indicator incorrect colour a Occurs:683 times
Nearside Rear Upper Shock absorber has an excessively worn bush  Occurs:1,819 times
Offside Rear Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) Occurs:805 times
Offside Rear Rear wheel bearing rough when rotated  Occurs:2,572 times
Nearside Rear Service brake excessively binding f Occurs:1,059 times
Rear Exhaust mounting missing  Occurs:2,237 times
Nearside Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) Occurs:1,261 times
Nearside Rear Service brake excessively binding f Occurs:1,059 times
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt  Occurs:878 times
Offside Rear Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush  Occurs:921 times
Offside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) Occurs:5,858 times
Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits b Occurs:3,174 times
Nearside Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings  Occurs:629 times
Power steering pipe or hose leaking  Occurs:2,960 times
Nearside Front Steering system has a road wheel fouling a part of the vehicle  Occurs:732 times
Nearside Rear Wheel bearing has excessive play (5.1.3 (a) (i)) Occurs:992 times
Offside Front suspension has excessive play in an outer ball joint  Occurs:1,483 times
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt  Occurs:15,406 times
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a pin/bush  Occurs:8,102 times
Driver`s seat fore and aft adjustment mechanism not functioning as intended.  Occurs:1,086 times
Offside Front Anti-roll bar pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) Occurs:1,174 times
Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c)) Occurs:14,865 times
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt  Occurs:10,173 times
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