MOT Check for BMW 5-SERIESs

The BMW 5-SERIES makes up 3,586,878 of the overall 25,932,658 BMW MOT test results. Select your 5-SERIES model year below to find the specific problems.

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Some examples of the most common issues are:
Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint  Occurs:348 times
Offside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint  Occurs:9,774 times
Nearside Front Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings  Occurs:267 times
Front Windscreen washer jets misaligned and not providing sufficient fluid to the windscreen (3.5 (a)) Occurs:192 times
Front Exhaust system not adequately supported  Occurs:2,489 times
Offside Rear fog lamp not working aii Occurs:343 times
Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured a Occurs:355 times
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii)) Occurs:2,908 times
Nearside Front position lamp has less than 50% of the light sources illuminating  Occurs:239 times
Nearside Rear Sub-frame rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement  Occurs:2,583 times
Nearside Headlamp aim not tested (4.1.2 (b)) Occurs:230 times
Front Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint  Occurs:172 times
Offside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) Occurs:793 times
Offside Rear Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e)) Occurs:238 times
Offside Front Shock absorbers has negligible damping effect (5.3.2 (d)) Occurs:209 times
Power steering pipe or hose leaking from a joint  Occurs:341 times
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour  Occurs:3,445 times
Nearside Front Tie bar/rod has excessive play in a pin/bush  Occurs:328 times
Centre Statutory seat belt missing  Occurs:554 times
Oil leaking excessively from engine ai Occurs:462 times
Offside Obligatory mirror missing  Occurs:361 times
Offside Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect  Occurs:1,590 times
Offside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) Occurs:1,898 times
Rear Prop shaft flexible coupling excessively deteriorated (6.1.7 (d) (i)) Occurs:326 times
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover insecure so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt  Occurs:313 times
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