MOT History from tests of diesel BMW 1-SERIESs year 2000

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Pass percent:48.28%

(The average a diesel BMW 1-SERIES year 2000 passes without issue)

Based on:29 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Brake pipe excessively corroded	6
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	2
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	2
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp aim not tested \|1.8.A.1c\|	1
Nearside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Rear Brake hose leaking \|3.6.A.1\|	1
Nearside Front Wheel bolt\|s\| missing \|4.2.A.1e\|	1
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	1
Nearside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Offside Inner Front Suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Outer Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault \|5.4.2\|	1
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Nearside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	1
Registration plate lamp issues	1
Nearside Rear coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	1
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Front coil spring fractured \|2.4.C.1a\|	1
Offside Front Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	1
Nearside Front brake disc excessively pitted \|3.5.1h\|	1
Offside Front brake disc excessively pitted \|3.5.1h\|	1
Nearside Rear brake disc excessively pitted \|3.5.1h\|	1
Offside Rear brake disc excessively pitted \|3.5.1h\|	1
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault	1
Nearside Rear brake disc excessively scored \|3.5.1h\|	1
Offside Rear brake disc excessively scored \|3.5.1h\|	1
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))	1
Exhaust emissions exceed default limit of 1.5m-1 (8.2.2.2 (b))	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
Brake pipe excessively corroded	6
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	2
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	2
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp aim not tested \|1.8.A.1c\|	1
Nearside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Rear Brake hose leaking \|3.6.A.1\|	1
Nearside Front Wheel bolt\|s\| missing \|4.2.A.1e\|	1
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	1
Nearside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Offside Inner Front Suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Outer Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault \|5.4.2\|	1
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Nearside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	1
Registration plate lamp issues	1
Nearside Rear coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	1
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Front coil spring fractured \|2.4.C.1a\|	1
Offside Front Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	1
Nearside Front brake disc excessively pitted \|3.5.1h\|	1
Offside Front brake disc excessively pitted \|3.5.1h\|	1
Nearside Rear brake disc excessively pitted \|3.5.1h\|	1
Offside Rear brake disc excessively pitted \|3.5.1h\|	1
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault	1
Nearside Rear brake disc excessively scored \|3.5.1h\|	1
Offside Rear brake disc excessively scored \|3.5.1h\|	1
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))	1
Exhaust emissions exceed default limit of 1.5m-1 (8.2.2.2 (b))	1

MOT History from tests of diesel BMW 1-SERIESs year 2000

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