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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MOT check Some examples of the most common issues are:Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a pin/bush Occurs:1,535 times
Headlamp cleaning device inoperative Occurs:672 times
Nearside Headlamp has a product on the lens so that the light output is severely reduced (4.1.4 (b)) Occurs:413 times
Parking brake lever ratchet mechanism is excessively worn Occurs:1,502 times
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content at idle excessive Occurs:9,390 times
Oil leaking excessively from engine ai Occurs:462 times
Nearside Rear brake disc excessively pitted Occurs:2,102 times
Nearside Front coil spring fractured Occurs:593 times
Rear Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a pin/bush Occurs:187 times
Nearside Rear Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn ai Occurs:245 times
Offside Rear Rear fog lamp not working Occurs:2,673 times
Offside Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively damaged or deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (2.1.3 (g) (ii)) Occurs:184 times
Rear Exhaust has part of the system excessively deteriorated Occurs:1,084 times
Nearside Rear Suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Occurs:208 times
Power steering pipe or hose leaking Occurs:528 times
Offside Windscreen wiper blade deteriorated Occurs:707 times
Offside Front coil spring fractured Occurs:836 times
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar pin or bush excessively worn D bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) Occurs:172 times
Nearside Front Tie bar/rod ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Occurs:288 times
Nearside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c)) Occurs:1,547 times
Offside Front Upper Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint Occurs:170 times
Offside Headlamp aim not tested (4.1.2 (b)) Occurs:244 times
Windscreen has damage Occurs:9,343 times
Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush Occurs:187 times
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort Occurs:58,429 times
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