MOT History from tests of diesel BMW 1-SERIESs year 1997

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Pass percent:42.86%

(The average a diesel BMW 1-SERIES year 1997 passes without issue)

Based on:14 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	2
Rear brake binding	2
Brake pipe excessively corroded	2
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault \|7.1.6 \|a\|\|	1
Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak	1
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint excessively worn \|5.3.4 \|a\| \|i\|\|	1
Offside Rear Inner Drive shaft securing bolt loose \|6.1.7 \|a\| \|i\|\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Registration plate lamp issues	1
Nearside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Offside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	1
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault	1
An item not tested \|Manual\|	1
Centre Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Centre Exhaust has part of the system excessively deteriorated \|7.1.1a\|	1
Rear Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	1
Offside Front coil spring cracked \|2.4.C.1a\|	1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Rear Braking system leaking \|3.6.A.1\|	1
Nearside Rear coil spring incomplete \|2.4.C.1a\|	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
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	2
Rear brake binding	2
Brake pipe excessively corroded	2
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault \|7.1.6 \|a\|\|	1
Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak	1
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint excessively worn \|5.3.4 \|a\| \|i\|\|	1
Offside Rear Inner Drive shaft securing bolt loose \|6.1.7 \|a\| \|i\|\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Registration plate lamp issues	1
Nearside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Offside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	1
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault	1
An item not tested \|Manual\|	1
Centre Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Centre Exhaust has part of the system excessively deteriorated \|7.1.1a\|	1
Rear Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	1
Offside Front coil spring cracked \|2.4.C.1a\|	1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Rear Braking system leaking \|3.6.A.1\|	1
Nearside Rear coil spring incomplete \|2.4.C.1a\|	1

MOT History from tests of diesel BMW 1-SERIESs year 1997

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