MOT Check for BMW 8-SERIESs

The BMW 8-SERIES makes up 38,870 of the overall 25,932,658 BMW MOT test results. Select your 8-SERIES model year below to find the specific problems.

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Some examples of the most common issues are:
Offside Front Side repeater not working  Occurs:53 times
Offside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak  Occurs:88 times
Nearside Steering arm has relative movement at its fixings  Occurs:13 times
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) Occurs:13 times
Horn not loud enough to be heard by another road user  Occurs:31 times
Steering system has excessive free play detected at the steering wheel  Occurs:38 times
Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Occurs:18 times
Nearside rear brake recording little or no effort  Occurs:12 times
Offside Rear coil spring cracked  Occurs:21 times
Offside Stop lamp not working  Occurs:60 times
Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Occurs:42 times
Offside Front Side repeater not working  Occurs:53 times
Brake hose excessively deteriorated Occurs:346 times
Offside Rear Trailing arm has excessive play in a pin/bush  Occurs:29 times
Mechanical brake component has restricted free movement Occurs:12 times
Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) Occurs:11 times
Offside Front Headlamp not working on main beam  Occurs:16 times
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush  Occurs:25 times
Front brake disc excessively pitted  Occurs:34 times
Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c)) Occurs:89 times
Nearside Front Shock absorber has negligible damping effect  Occurs:39 times
Offside Windscreen wiper not operating automatically when switched on  Occurs:34 times
Offside Front Front position lamp not working  Occurs:29 times
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt  Occurs:14 times
Front Windscreen wiper not operating automatically when switched on  Occurs:70 times
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