MOT Check for BMW 4-SERIESs

The BMW 4-SERIES makes up 590,334 of the overall 25,932,658 BMW MOT test results. Select your 4-SERIES model year below to find the specific problems.

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Some examples of the most common issues are:
Offside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) Occurs:40 times
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam aii Occurs:17 times
Nearside Rear Position lamp with a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) Occurs:20 times
Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn forward hydro bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) Occurs:13 times
Nearside Rear Direction indicator not working  Occurs:35 times
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) Occurs:18 times
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i)) Occurs:101 times
Front Headlamp cleaning device inoperative  Occurs:12 times
Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn brake reaction arm (5.3.4 (a) (i)) Occurs:17 times
Nearside Rear Seat belt buckle missing (7.1.2 (d)) Occurs:30 times
Exhaust hydrocarbon content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturers specified limits (8.2.1.2 (a)) Occurs:24 times
Parking brake lever has excessive movement indicating incorrect adjustment (1.1.6 (c)) Occurs:182 times
Offside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn ai Occurs:14 times
Offside Rear Inner Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a)) Occurs:68 times
Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative aii Occurs:59 times
Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) Occurs:29 times
Offside Front Inner Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) Occurs:14 times
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) Occurs:176 times
Offside Rear Rear fog lamp not working aii Occurs:13 times
Offside Obligatory mirror missing (3.3 (a)) Occurs:13 times
Brakes imbalanced across an axle Occurs:259 times
Nearside Rear Wheel bolt missing  Occurs:34 times
Nearside Front Windscreen washer jets misaligned and not providing sufficient fluid to the windscreen (3.5 (a)) Occurs:19 times
Offside Rear Shock absorbers has negligible damping effect (5.3.2 (d)) Occurs:41 times
Nearside Rear Position lamp showing white light to the rear (4.2.3 (a) (ii)) Occurs:12 times
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