MOT History from tests of petrol BMW 1-SERIESs year 1988

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Pass percent:56.25%

(The average a petrol BMW 1-SERIES year 1988 passes without issue)

Based on:16 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	3
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	2
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn inner forward \|5.3.4 \|a\| \|i\|\|	1
Offside Parking brake inoperative on one side \|1.4.1 \|a\|\|	1
Offside Rear Service brake has no recorded effort at a wheel \|1.2.1 \|a\| \|ii\|\|	1
Parking brake efficiency below requirements \|1.4.2 \|a\| \|i\|\|	1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	1
Rear Rear position lamp\|s\| has a product on the light source so it is not visible from a reasonable distance both \|1.1.A.3d\|	1
Nearside Front Direction indicator not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	1
Rear brake binding	1
Driver`s door cannot be opened from inside the vehicle \|6.2.B.1b\|	1
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Front Steering rack gaiter split \|2.2.D.2d\|	1
Offside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a))	1
Brake lever has insufficient reserve travel Parking brake (1.1.2 (a))	1
Nearside Front 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))	1

We get to these numbers by trawling through over 1 billion MOT test results since 2004 and crunched the numbers. We remove anything to do with Tyres, as they are model independent and group together common non-model specific issues. We are trying to get to a picture of what models have what issues.

Please note: We take the data from the DVSA. This data is raw and can contain typos and spelling mistakes that garages may have entered while recording a MOT result. Specifically miss-match on names of models and makes. We are constantly cleaning the data so bear with the odd issue.

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Most common failures	No# failures
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	3
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	2
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn inner forward \|5.3.4 \|a\| \|i\|\|	1
Offside Parking brake inoperative on one side \|1.4.1 \|a\|\|	1
Offside Rear Service brake has no recorded effort at a wheel \|1.2.1 \|a\| \|ii\|\|	1
Parking brake efficiency below requirements \|1.4.2 \|a\| \|i\|\|	1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	1
Rear Rear position lamp\|s\| has a product on the light source so it is not visible from a reasonable distance both \|1.1.A.3d\|	1
Nearside Front Direction indicator not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	1
Rear brake binding	1
Driver`s door cannot be opened from inside the vehicle \|6.2.B.1b\|	1
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Front Steering rack gaiter split \|2.2.D.2d\|	1
Offside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a))	1
Brake lever has insufficient reserve travel Parking brake (1.1.2 (a))	1
Nearside Front 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))	1

MOT History from tests of petrol BMW 1-SERIESs year 1988

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